Salihu Lukman, vice-chairman of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in the north-west, says due process must be followed in the
election of a new chairman of the party.
Following the ouster of Abdullahi Adamu as national chairman
of the APC, Abubakar Kyari, deputy national chairman (north), has been
occupying the office in an acting capacity.
Abdullahi Ganduje, immediate-past governor of Kano, is said
to be considered for the position – and that has been greeted with resentment
in some quarters of the party.
In a statement on Sunday, Lukman said no member of the party should be allowed to “entrench arbitrariness” in the process of determining who becomes the APC chairman.
“A situation whereby
President Asiwaju Tinubu and progressive governors are being alleged to have
decided on Dr Ganduje as the next national chairman of APC without consulting
other power blocs in the party and without meeting any of the organs of the
party, including the NWC, is very risky and potentially damaging to President
Asiwaju Tinubu and the party,” he said.
“If this is associated with a president who comes from a
military background, it will be understandable. But to be associated with
President Asiwaju Tinubu whose background is outrightly civilian having led the
struggle for democracy in Nigeria for almost four decades, it will be highly
unimaginable.
“We must therefore appeal to all those sponsoring this
campaign to nominate Dr Ganduje for the position of APC national chairman,
especially his excellency, Hope Uzodimma, chairman, Progressive Governors Forum
(PGF) to come to order and allow due process within the party to take its
rightful course in the selection process of who becomes the next APC national
chairman.
“Nobody, including
the PGF, should be allowed to seek to entrench arbitrariness and injustice in
the determination of who emerges as the next national chairman of APC.
“We must remind everyone, including President Asiwaju Tinubu
that so far, the agreed zoning formula in APC has given the position of
national chairman of the party to north-central.
“Therefore, the relevant section of the APC constitution
with respect to filling vacancies should be respected.”
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