Femi Adesina has labeled President Muhammadu Buhari as the
strong unifier that the Peoples Democratic Party lacks.
Adesina stated this while responding to commentators
predicting the fall of All Progressives Congress after its convention on
Saturday.
The presidential aide, however, said APC will succeed
because Buhari is the centripetal force in the ruling party.
He said Buhari is hugely respected, admired, and adored.
Adesina said:
“Why do the cynics
rage, and the scoffers imagine vain things? APC is not only about 8 years old,
it continues to wax stronger and stronger. Like every human organization, it
has been buffeted and badgered by storms, but it marches on. Steady. Sturdy.
“The much older but rival People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is
almost perpetually in the eye of the storm. Nearly all its national chairmen
have left office involuntarily since it was formed in 1998. The expectation,
therefore, is for the APC to face the same tempest, and in fact to flounder,
and eventually collapse.
But there’s a big difference between the two political
parties. And that difference is one man. Muhammadu Buhari. He is the
centripetal force in APC, a strong unifier, which PDP lacks.
The APC at creation needed a rallying force. Buhari, who
became the presidential candidate, and has won elections twice, is that force.
Hugely respected, admired and adored, he is the centre that holds the party
together. And he has earned the respect he commands, through decades of
commitment to integrity, personal example, and accountability. That is who (or
what) the PDP lacks. And it’s the fundamental difference between the two
parties.
I’ve heard it often said gleefully by the opposition: Buhari
won’t be on the APC ticket again in 2023, the automatic 12 million votes won’t
be there. Let’s see how the APC wins. Let’s even see how the party survives
till then.
“After the National Convention on Saturday, the APC would
likely disappoint a lot of ill-wishers. The party would be together, cohesive,
and ready to make further conquests in the general elections next year.”
Adesina added that: “You may say, but the Convention has not
even held yet. Why are you jubilations already? Never abuse an alligator till
you have safely crossed the river. Well, gut feeling tells me that the APC will
suffer no rupture. No schism, implosion or explosion. It will come out of the
Convention as right as rain. Millions would rejoice round the country, while
some minority would be like King Lear at his worst.”
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