The wife of a leader of the All Progressives Congress in Delta State, Mrs Anna Okpozo said people should stop blaming President Buhari over the appointment of her late husband, Senator Francis Okpozo in the recent board appointment saying nobody is above mistake.
Senator Okposo, aged 81, was one of three dead persons appointed by the Buhari administration to head top governmental positions. Some reports, however, say that at least six people have been confirmed dead among the 209 board chairmen and 1,258 members of government-owned agencies and parastatals that were announced on Friday, 28th December.
Mrs said the president could not be ”everywhere to know everything,” according to the Vanguard.
She also reportedly said that her late husband was a close friend of the President and stood by him during the APC presidential primary and presidential election.
She says: ”During the President’s inauguration, my husband was there. When he fell sick and eventually died, we did not hear anything, though the president too was fighting for his life. As the head, he (Buhari) sent a condolence message.
“So, this appointment is giving me some thoughts on whether it was not the President that sent the condolence message. If he was the one that sent the message and was aware that his (late Okpozo) name was on the list, he (Buhari) would have corrected it.
I am not picking any offence at all because as a president, he cannot know everything about everybody in the whole country. Maybe he had delegated the thing (selection) to some people to do and they did not consult but just published it (list).
“My husband died on December 26, 2016. So, I cannot cry over split milk. He is gone; the living can forge ahead. But I commend him for remembering my son.”
