Tinubu warned on being dictatorial on next APC national chairman
President Bola Tinubu has been warned on being part of national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Salihu Lukman, vice-chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the north-west zone, said this in his statement and urging adherence to due process in the selection a successor to the party’s erstwhile national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu.
He said, “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.”
