- It Hurts ‘Deeply’ To See How Hollow It Is To Mention APC And Change Together – Oyegun
A former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Chief John Odigie-Oyegun expressed worry that the APC might threaten the legacy of President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
Odigie was reacting to the crisis rocking the party, following the suspension of the party Chairman Adams Oshiomhole.
Though a former governor of Oyo State Abiola Ajimobi emerged as the Acting Chairman, the National Secretary of the party, Victor Giadom claimed he is in charge.
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Reacting on Saturday, Odigie said in the last few months, the APC has “brazenly subverted” its principles of international democracy.
Oyegun said Nigeria is regressing while other African nations are marching forward, adding that APC in 2015 presidential poll and the peaceful transfer of power that followed was a major testament of his intended nation’s democracy.
“Our own political party, the APC, is fast becoming the single most dangerous threat to the legacy of our government and our president,” he said.
“In the last few months, we have watched how the party has brazenly subverted its own principles of internal democracy and flagrant violation of every rule of decent political engagement in a manner that makes everyone associated with its promise of change liable to be accused of either hypocrisy or apostasy.
“We must, therefore, remember that our victory in the 2015 Presidential elections and the peaceful transfer of power that followed was a major testament of progress in our nation’s journey towards real democracy.
“This unprecedented democratic achievement has since inspired progressive forces all over Africa and has become a standard by which democracy is measured in the rest of the continent.
“Unfortunately, it appears that while other countries around us have marched ahead in the democratic journey, we have largely regressed.”
Oyegun said there is a need for the national executive committee (NEC) of the APC to meet and set up a caretaker panel.
“There is a most urgent need for the party NEC to meet and institute for the party a caretaker committee (even if we have to invoke the doctrine of necessity), whose main responsibility will be to arrange for a special national convention,” he said.
The former chairman said it hurts “deeply” to see how hollow it is to mention APC and change together”.
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