Salihu Lukman, former vice-chair of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in the north-west, says Bisi Akande and Adams Oshiomhole agree
with him that the party needs to return to its founding vision.
Akande and Oshiomhole were former chairs of the ruling
party.
In a statement on Thursday, Lukman said both former chairs
of the APC endorsed 'APC and Transition Politics', a book written by him.
His stance on how the ruling party should conduct itself is articulated in the book.
The former director-general of Progressive Governors Forum
(PGF) said both men were "unanimous that returning APC to its founding
vision of becoming a progressive party will require consistent struggle against
conservative elements both within the party and outside".
"First I met Chief Akande on September 18 and today,
September 28 met Comrade Oshiomhole," he said.
"Both the two leaders welcome the initiative and expressed concern about recent experiences which erode the democratic space within the party," he said.
"In particular, both leaders acknowledged the
leadership role of President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in resisting attempts by
some conservative leaders within the party to impose a consensus presidential
candidate for the 2023 elections.
"While commending the initiative to document these
experiences, the two leaders were unanimous that returning APC to its founding
vision of becoming a progressive party will require consistent struggle against
conservative elements both within the party and outside.
"It is not going to be an easy battle and would require
strong commitment and capacity to stubbornly continue to campaign for
restoration of democratic values within the APC."
Lukman said the disagreements he had with Oshiomhole
"defined our relationship since our time in the National Union of Textiles
from the early 1990s".
The former vice-chair said he wrote the book because there
is a need for healthy debate within the party, adding that these debates would
strengthen the APC.
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