A former Governor of Kano State and a leader of the All Progressives Congress, Ibrahim Shekarau, said on Tuesday in Kaduna that there was no ‘agreement’ between the five Peoples Democratic Party governors that defected to the APC and his party to make them leaders of the party in their various states.
Shekarau, on a Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria Kaduna’s Hausa programme, Hanu da yawa monitored in the state capital, said there was no existing agreement with the G-5 governors and the leadership of the APC to become automatic leaders of the party in their states.
He challenged the leadership of the APC to produce such an agreement, saying that the governors could not lead the party in the states.
The G-5 governors that defected to the APC from the PDP are – Murtala Nyako(Adamawa); Musa Kwankwaso(Kano); Aliyu Wamako(Sokoto); Abdulfattah Ahmed(Kwara); and Rotimi Ameachi(Rivers).
He noted that there was no meeting where such an agreement was reached that the defected governors from the PDP should be automatically made leaders of APC in their states.
Shekarau, who is also a presidential candidate of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party in the 2011 general elections, added that he wouldn’t have disputed the idea if it had followed the due process or if all the party leaders had met to agree on it.
He said, “I challenged our northern APC chairman Bello Masari to tell us the time, date and at what meeting it was agreed that the said state governors should be made chairmen of the party in their states. Is it at a meeting of 35 party members which was never held or was it at a meeting of party elders?
“Our National Chairman, Bisi Akande, only went with a few APC governors to meet with some PDP leaders and now they are talking of an agreement. Let him (Masari) provide the copy of the said agreement to newsmen to enable the public to know the content of the agreement and where it was agreed upon.”
Shekarau, who expressed concern over the development, explained that before he and other aggrieved members of the party complained on the said agreement, he had sought clarification from some party elders who told him there was no such an agreement.
But when contacted, the Interim National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said there was a subsisting agreement, to allow governors drive the process in the states.
He said, “We did agree with the new PDP governors that whatever rights our APC governors enjoy they would enjoy and prior to their coming, we agreed that governor in our states would drive the process and that the governors in the states would appoint interim chairmen.
“To that extent whatever our governors enjoy as soon as they became APC governors they will enjoy them and nobody can deny that.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Wow,,,, The Worst Thing that Happened to this five Governors Is their defection... Ther Struggle for flag bearer will tear APc Down
ReplyDeleteThis is injustice. This 5 pdp govs,created problems in their former party & now they want create another problem in our great party apc, due to their own self interest.
ReplyDeleteLet us be wise,hope it is not the PDP dat is ussing dis man dat is name is sounding like Boko haram leader,what could warrant the statement credited 2 him.
ReplyDeleteapc imploding already even without ever having tasted real political power! we still dey laff ooo
ReplyDeletepls let's learn to be democratic. Position of Leadership is not a process. Rather position of Leadership is a mater of influence. It will only b democracy when the man of the majority iz allowed the leadership. Shekarau pls. Let's stop this personality clash. Change we need.
ReplyDeleteSo are you saying that he does not have influence? whose influence was apc using in the state b4 they dumped him for his arch enemy. bunch of jokers all of them. so assuming they win the elcetion what happens next; free for all abi
ReplyDeleteAPC should do their national congresses and elect their rightful leaders then we will start to take them seriously. A party that does not know its left from right cannot and will not win an election convincely no matter the amount of noise they make on the pages of newspapers or blogsites.
ReplyDeleteThey want to havest where they've not cultivated, Shekarau fight for what you laboured for.
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