APC Crisis May Escalate

There are indications that the crisis brewing
within the All Progressives Congress may
lead to the suspension or expulsion of
several prominent members of the party who
are currently perceived as working against
its interest.
It was learnt that some of the prominent members
including former governors may be shown the way
out of the party if they continue to resist the take-
over of the opposition party's structures by the G-5
governors who recently defected from the People's
Democratic Party.
A reliable source within the National Secretariat of
the party said on condition of anonymity said the
thinking within the leadership of the party is that
the G-5 governors must be allowed to take over
structures of the party in the affected states to
enable them provide the funds to strengthen the
APC for the 2015 elections.
The G-5 governors who defected from the PDP
were Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers; Murtala Nyako of
Adamawa; Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano; Abdulfatah
Ahmed of Kwara and Aliyu Wammako of Sokoto.
The source asked: " Do you think former Governors
Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano, Bafarawa of Sokoto or
rtd. Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa of Adamawa have the
capacity to win elections in those states now? "
He continued: "We know that some of these people
are PDP agents who want to sabotage APC from
inside by causing all types of crisis".
When reminded that most of the defected
governors would complete their second tenure by
2015 and may therefore not have much at stake
during the forth-coming polls, he said : " If APC
doesn't win the states where the G-5 governors are
currently in power, it means they would be
politically finished. So they would surely throw in
their resources to ensure that APC wins in their
states to enable them be in a vantage position to
pursue their future political career".
"Who told you that some of them don't have
presidential ambition?" he asked.
The source however expressed confidence that the
crisis would be resolved just like the various
opposition parties were able to overcome all their
differences and merge.
Said he: " When political battles are fought, it is
either you win, lose and leave or reconcile".
It would be recalled that the G-5 governors
defected after reportedly reaching an agreement
with the leadership of APC that the party's
structures in the five states would be handed over
to them.
However, since they defected they have faced stiff
resistance from prominent members of the party
especially former governors in their attempt to
take over APC structures in the affected states.
When contacted by phone yesterday, the National
Publicity Secretary of the party Alhaji Lai
Mohammed dismissed certain media reports about
the crisis as the handiwork of the PDP.
He admitted that the party was aware of the
disagreement within some state chapters of the
party but said a National Reconciliation Committee
had been set up to handle the situation.
By OKEY NDIRIBE

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