Ribadu keeps mum over loss of Southwest to Jonathan

By Sola Shittu  Snr Correspondent, Abuja Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Presidential candidate in last Saturday’s Presidential ballot, Nuhu Ribadu, on Wednesday kept mum over his loss of the Southwest votes to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Goodluck Jonathan. The ACN won Osun State in the Presidential poll but lost Lagos, Oyo, Ekiti and Ogun states, the party’s strong base in the Southwest, to Jonathan. Ribadu’s spokesman, Ibrahim Modibo, who spoke to Daily Independent on phone, said the team was still study the situation and will respond with a statement if need be. “You know it is God who appoints a leader, we are still studying the whole process. We have no comment to make now on the whole thing but after we have assessed the situation we will issue a release or we may decide to just remain like this,” he said.  Ribadu was in the third position after the PDP and the CPC candidates, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari, respectively.  independentngonline.com/DailyIndependent/Article.aspx?id=32479