BAFARAWA, SHEKARAU, MARWA REJECT G5 GOVS’ LEADERSHIP

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in states affected by recent defection of some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors have rejected the deals between the party and the defectors, with a strong-worded petition to the party leadership in Abuja.

“We are not aware of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) the national leaders signed and they did not tell us the content before they endorsed it. 

“We build this party and we won’t accept any undemocratic attempt to deprive us of the house we build,” a party chief, who had arrived in Abuja over the matter, said.
The APC chiefs from Adamawa, Kwara, Kano and Sokoto states, who rejected the deals, included former Lagos State military administrator, General Buba Marwa; former Kano State governor, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau; former Sokoto State governor, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa and the governorship candidate of the party in Kwara State, Dele Belgore.

A top party official revealed to the Nigerian Tribune that the aggrieved APC leaders were scheduled to storm the party secretariat in Abuja today, to present their petition and demands.

“We will be storming the secretariat tommorow (today) to present our grievances. We have told them on several occassions but nobody listens to us. We will be making the last ditch efforts by meeting the interim leadership,” a party chief involved in the issue stated.

The aggrieved leaders were reported to be leading a delegation of the APC in the affected states, which would include the state chairmen and secretaries, alongide other leaders.

Nigerian Tribune was told that the aggrieved party leaders were not happy with the deals with the defecting governors, on the ground that the interest of original members of the party were sacrificed.

A key issue said to be creating disaffection was the ceding of party structures in Adamawa, Kano, Kwara and Sokoto states to Governors Murtala Nyako, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Ahmed Fatai and Aliyu Wamakko respectively

Other contentious issues included a proviso that conferred on the defectors the power to determine who get what within the party and the swapping of PDP state executives for old APC leadership in the affected states.

Both Bafarawa and Shekarau had publicly warned against ceding the APC structures in their states to the defections governors, while Belgore had set up a committee to look into how to respond to the defection.
Source: Tribune