The Director-General of Progressive Governors’ Forum, Salihu Lukman, has berated the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, for the disqualification of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state from the party.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Obaseki had resigned his membership of the APC on Tuesday after he
was disqualified from seeking a second term over issues in his HSC and NYSC Certificates.
But in a statement made available to our correspondent on Tuesday evening, Lukman said it is very difficult and challenging for APC members to come to terms with unfolding development in the party.
He noted that Oshimhole has “hawked” the party’s soul to “buccaneers” whose interests are winning elections unfairly, urging every APC member should be worried.
Lukman, however, revealed that it is a “disconcerting reality” to be part of an undemocratic political platform that is intolerant of basic tenets of free and fair contests.
“It is very difficult and challenging to come to terms with unfolding development in APC. The disconcerting reality of becoming clobbered into another undemocratic political platform, which is intolerant to basic tenets of free and fair contests is hard to admit,” he said.
“Being troubled should have spurred us into some sober reflections with the objective of remedying the situation. Unfortunately, it would appear that we are more determined to reproduce all the obdurate painful experiences, every time we are faced with electoral contests.
“It was Rivers, Zamfara and Bayelsa. Now Edo and Ondo are basically on a roller-coaster with perhaps emerging with the same predictable outcome that consumed our electoral victories in Zamfara and Bayelsa States. Why should this be allowed to happen?
“It is clear that APC leadership as currently constituted under the leadership of Comrade Oshiomhole is imprudent and cannot be entrusted with the task of leading the party.
“Comrade Oshiomhole’s NWC has hawked the soul of the party to political buccaneers whose narrow interest is just about unfairly winning elections.”
Lukman said Oshiomhole has failed on his promises to provide a party register in all the state and set up a mechanism for conflict resolution in the party.
“APC does not belong to anybody. It is a product of sacrifice by leaders and members of our old legacy parties,” the director-general said.
“Nobody should contemplate leaving the party on account of the rascality going on in the party under Comrade Oshiomhole’s leadership. All members of the party and lovers of democracy in Nigeria must rise against what is going on in APC. It is a struggle for the soul of APC.”
apc is dead in Exo state
Impunity is the order of the day
A certigicateless leadership is persecuting a well endowed brain and the political leadership is silent. Let’s wait and see whatiravlr would save the APC
Majority of Nigerians have been praying day and night for Almighty God to bury the body and soul of APC so that, Nigerians can be free. God please, if you have started the work please complete it in Jesus name. Everything about APC in Nigeria should collapse, died and be buried in Jesus name I pray. Amen.
Majority voted APC’S, the power that pray to go back to the days of bad governance will be destroyed in Jesus name.
There is something Apc as a party is hiding,tell Apc to publish the certificate of Oshiomole for Nigerians to see before he mention further the name Obaseki,the man Oshiomole did not have waec result,did not finish secondary school or model college, Oshiomole has no waec results,Apc pillars are empty,Apc big balloon that has nothing inside.