All Progressives Congress (APC), National leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is angered by the actions of some party members, leading to the outcome of the National Executive Committee ( NEC) meeting which held in Abuja today.
The NEC meeting dissolved the Adams Oshiomhole led-National Working Committee and appointed the Governor of Yobe State, Mallam Mai Buni, as Caretaker National Chairman, while Senator John Akpanudoede was designated Caretaker National Secretary.
Tinubu was not allowed to attend the meeting, because according to the presidency, he was not a member of NEC.
The NEC meeting, which was attended by President Muhammad Buhari and over 19 governors, including those of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, was convened by Victor Giadom, who is fighting to be acting National Chairman of the APC.
Reacting to the development Tinubu said in a statement from his office, “Some forces against the suspended National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole were doing so on the basis that he would pose an obstacle to their 2023 ambitions. “The [coup] plotters launched their attack solely because they perceive the chairman (Oshiomhole) as an obstacle to their 2023 ambitions,” the former Lagos State governor said in a statement. Tinubu has been excluded from the June 25 NEC meeting in Aso Rock Villa called by the Acting Chairman of the party, Victor Gaidom, accuse him of being instigated by powerful individuals to assume the position.
President Muhammadu Buhari had thrown his weight behind Gaidom as the authentic Acting National Chairman of the party and also endorsed the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting. “Some members of the party of fuelling the lingering crisis for their personal interest, warning that those behind it were causing a great disservice to the party.
“We even had a National Deputy Secretary improperly calling for an NEC meeting on the basis that he believed himself to be the acting National Chairman. “Clearly, this man would not have summoned the temerity to make such a move had he not been instigated by powerful individuals, whom he thought would reward or, at least, protect him for committing the wrongful act,” Tinubu said .
He continued “In a well-structured society, people come to understand that the time for politics is seasonal; it is periodic. The responsibilities of governance are what are perpetual. Many of our politicians sadly have inverted this reality.”
Tinubu also added in the statement that: “We must rally around President Buhari. Instead of everyone saying they are working for the party and nation but going their separate ways based on their selfish designs, we must help him build a stronger national consensus on policies that will ensure safety and bring greater prosperity.
