A former national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Yekini Nabena has submitted that the party is always prone to leadership crises because of the decision made by some of its leaders.
Speaking against the backdrop of the emergence of former Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje as the APC National Chairman, Nabena held that the foundation that resulted in his emergence is faulty.
He stated that it is against the party’s constitution for him and other national officers to have been selected instead of elected so Ganduje should stop parading himself as an elected APC national chairman because the best he can be given the current situation is an acting chairman.
The former party spokesperson also questioned the emergence of a person that has huge corruption cases hanging around his neck as the party’s national chairman.
To this end, he submitted that Ganduje may be kicked out of office just like his predecessors and the party may soon implode.
Nabena made the submission while responding to a question on the situation of the APC during an interview with Sunday Sun.
He said: “I have said it previously that the foundation APC built in the last elective convention was fundamentally very faulty. The whole national officers were appointed not elected. There was no election, but selection and PDP members that are in their houses, unprepared and not ready for the positions were appointed.
The problem started with the removal of Adams Oshiomhole by some governors through his ward and even went to procure court judgment against him, and ever since then, nothing has actually worked. Yes, we are really concerned about the leadership crisis. Oshiomhole came and left, Mai Mala Buni, there was even a period the former governor of Niger State took charge. Some strong forces brought in Abdullahi Adamu from nowhere and were disappointed when they did not get the ticket. They went for Ganduje, a man facing a crisis in Kano, but what is he going to tell the opposition? He is somebody we know his antecedent in Kano. With Ganduje on the saddle as APC chairman, can the party boldly claim to be sincere in fighting corruption?
“APC has become a party for all manners of people facing one corruption charge or the other. According to Oshiomhole, it has become a rehabilitation home for fraudulent, corrupt politicians facing corruption charges.”
Adamu Should be Probed
Speaking further, Nabena called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to do its job and prosecute the former APC national chairman, Adamu Abdullahi.
“Adamu Abdullahi was facing a corruption charge before his appointment. It is becoming obvious that the EFCC is no longer working because being an APC chairman does not give the person immunity for trial. Corruption cases against any chairman must continue. People must finish their corruption cases before we consider them for appointment. The party agreed to refund the money of those that bought forms for the leadership position, but the Adamu-led leadership refused. Nobody is talking about the financial recklessness under his administration. Nobody rendered an account of how they expended the over N30 billion generated through the sale of nomination forms. Why should they leave other members of the NWC or do they want to claim that only the ones that left the party handled the expenses? I commend Salihu Lukman for being a strong man. He was talking from outside and maintained his stand as a member of the party’s leadership. As a man of integrity, he stepped aside when he could not change the system.”
Either Ganduje Or APC Will Go Down
Nabena submitted that if Ganduje remains at the helm of party affairs, either he or the APC will face the consequences very soon.
According to him, an implosion of APC will happen when Ganduje moves against those who put him in power, adding that the former Kano governor is not legitimately in office based on the party’s constitution.
“It is a case of either he goes down or the party will go down. One of these will happen very soon, especially when he tries to resist those that appointed him. That is where the crisis will start. He will be answerable to the few that installed him. Very soon he will soon want to annex areas that do not concern him and the crisis which will ensue will engulf him. Go and mark it, there is certainly going to be an implosion in the APC and it is inevitable because the right things are not done. They said that Ganduje was elected unopposed and I ask how? They should not tell us he is elected because it is not true. Did he buy form, which convention, and who elected him? He should stop parading himself as an elected chairman because he is not one; he is only operating in the capacity of acting chairman. The party’s constitution is very clear,” he submitted.
