The Women leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Betta Edu, has said she was not included in the list of the women’s campaign team because of her position in the party.
OsunDaily News reports that the ruling APC had recently released and inaugurated members for the women presidential campaign team chaired by the wife of the party’s presidential candidate, Oluremi Tinubu.
The wife of the APC vice-presidential candidate was also listed as Co-chairman, while the First Lady, Aisha Buhari was named as Grand Patron.
Speaking during an interview on Channels Television on Tuesday, Edu refuted claims by a support group in the party that she was excluded from the list.
The former Commission for Health in Cross River State said it will be abnormal for her name to be listed on the party’s women campaign team under another person.
The APC women leader said her role is to supervise activities for the presidential campaign because she is the number woman in the party.
She said: “It is really very simple and straight. I am Dr. Betta Edu and I am the APC national women leader, the number one woman in APC — the ruling party, the largest party in Africa,” she said.
“And so, it would be abnormal to have my name in any list under other persons who would definitely, should ordinarily, be under me, in the party.
“So, really, my role is actually supervisory. Anything that has to do with women, their mobilisation, their engagements, whatever it is, I am supposed to spearhead all of it. So, this is just a support team for the main campaign which will be unveiled soon.
“Remember, this is the women’s presidential campaign team. It’s not the council. So, all of these are under the APC as a party. We are the vehicles, then we have passengers that drive.”
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