Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed for patience for the national
leadership to reconcile the warring factions of the party in Rivers State.
Ganduje said this when he received APC stakeholders from
Rivers on Thursday in Abuja.
The former Kano governor noted that the party in the State
was being killed by litigation.
He said that Rivers was a very important state in the
country because of its oil deposit and large population, describing it as an
asset for election to any political party.
“So you can see why we cannot rubbish the state; Rivers as a
state in politics is very important. Coincidentally, some of us are conversant
with the politics in Rivers,” he said.
He said that the current crisis in the Rivers chapter of the
party started in 2015.
“Our party in Rivers is highly factionalised, that is the
fact about it. Our party in Rivers was killed by litigations, that one is a
fact,” Ganduje said.
He thanked those who worked to ensure the party’s electoral
success at the poll, saying it was a miracle that it won the presidential
election and lost the state in the 2023 election.
“There is confusion in the party in Rivers, but we don’t
want members to over heat the system, we are focused, we are organised, we work
scientifically in politics.
“And therefore, you give us an enabling environment, give us
a chance so that we can put a round peg in a round hole, square peg in a square
hole, so that we maintain our dignity as a party.
“We have to capitalise on what we have, we have to
capitalise on the fact that we have won the national election in Rivers.
“We are not extracting anything less again, but give us a
chance to see how we can have both the state and the national election
together,” Ganduje said.
He said that the APC National Working Committee (NWC) would
constitute a leadership that would reconcile the warring factions in the state
in the interest of its members.
“But do not overheat the system, overheating the system will
bring litigation and then a vicious cycle will come again.
“We don’t want too much analysis because they say too much
analysis leads to paralysis.
“So give us a chance so that we can consult, so that we look
at the Constitution of APC and then we wait and see how we can put things in
order,” he said. (NAN)
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