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• The way forward, by Oyegun, NabenaYusuf Alli, Managing Editor, Northern Operation/Jide Orintunsin, Abuja/Mike Odiegwu, Port- HarcourtTHE crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress has divided the governors elected on the platform of the party.
A former deputy national secretary of APC, Mr.Victor Giadom, is laying claim to the position over and above the Deputy Chairman Senator Abiola Ajimobi and the National Vice Chairman, Prince Hilliard Etta. The plot to destroy the minutes was meant to pave the way for a fresh crisis in line with a disowned order of a Federal Capital Territory High Court which purportedly asked Giadom to act as National Chairman of the APC.
The governor is believed to have helped in getting Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, a waiver to contest the governorship race. The 13 governors believe the party should survive all its leaders. They are therefore working for the stability of APC.“They are worried that President Buhari is being blackmailed as if the APC was formed to realise his ambition alone.
“It is unfortunate that some ministers in President Buhari’s cabinet have teamed up with these seven governors to plot the collapse of the APC which produced the government in which they are serving. The source said: “To justify the need for Giadom to be acting National Chairman and the National Vice Chairman , Comrade Mustapha Salihu, to be National Secretary, a ranking member of those seeking to destroy APC called the Zonal Secretary to bring the minutes of last Saturday zonal session in Gombe.
Oshiomhole said Giadom ceased to be a member of the NWC of the party a long time ago and that in any case, there was no way a deputy national secretary would be handed the affairs of a party over and above other high ranking officers. The immediate past national chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, yesterday called for the invocation of the doctrine of necessity to provide for the setting up of a caretaker committee to resolve the leadership crisis in the ruling party.
“However, I am afraid to note that the legacy of a government is defined mostly by its politics rather than its achievements in other areas, no matter how lofty those achievements are. “We believed at the time that the ship of our country was headed for the rocks. Therefore, the significant progressive opposition parties and indeed all men and women of goodwill joined forces not only to bring it back on course but also to set it on a completely different trajectory that would restore the hopes of our people and make every Nigerian proud of this great country again.
“We must therefore remember that our victory in the 2015 Presidential elections and the peaceful transfer of power that followed was a major testament of progress in our nation’s journey towards real democracy. “Unfortunately, what we have witnessed from our party is the steady erosion of even the very basic tenets of democratic principles in a manner that could turn our watershed victory of 2015 to the waterloo of our hard won democracy.
“This statement is therefore a clarion call to leaders of the party, particularly the governors and Mr. President to urgently bring a stop to the disgraceful and humiliating charade occurring within the National Secretariat of our great party.”The APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yekini Nabena, lashed out at Giadom for his antics, which he said are capable of destabilising the party.
“On what ground is Victor Giadom claiming the chairmanship of the party when he has long ceased to be a member of the National Working Committee following his resignation to contest as the Rivers State deputy governorship candidate in the 2019 elections? “The National Judicial Council should investigate the boasts by sponsors of Victor Giadom, a minister and a north central governor, that they are in control of the Court of Appeal and are already using it to further their selfish interest and sabotage the APC.
“All manner of court cases and orders are flying around contesting party decisions and National Working Committee positions.
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