The Senator for Zamfara West, Abdulaziz Yari has said that he failed in his bid for the seat of Senate President in the newly-inaugurated 10th Senate due to betrayal.
In the election held on Tuesday, Yari secured 46 votes to lose to the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s anointed candidate, Godswill Akpabio, who secured 63 votes to emerge Senate President.
Speaking about the election as a guest on a Channels TV programme on Thursday, Yari said he lost because of betrayal from some of his colleagues.
According to the former Zamfara governor, his permutations as of 3am on Tuesday showed that he would get at least 61 out of the 109 votes available, which would have been enough to help him win the coveted seat.
However, he said he took the betrayal by some of his colleagues with equanimity.
“Yes, I can say there was a betrayal. That’s the truth because as we are taking stock as of 3 am, Monday-Tuesday election, we took stock of over 76. But as usual, human beings, we thought we are going to get a pullout of about 15 which we will have a comfortable 61 to win the election.
“But it’s become the reverse which only God knows what happened. So, I feel betrayed but life continues and it’s a cycle,” Yari said.