APC, Ganduje: Where Lukman got it wrong, By Muhammad Garba

The recent development in the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) is giving food for thought for stakeholders in the party and Nigerians in general. 

There has been resignations of members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party.

The National Chairman of the party and former Nassarawa state governor, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. That was followed by the National Secretary, Iyiola Omisore. The National Vice Chairman, North West of the party, Dr. Salihu Lukman also followed suit. Earlier, another vacuum was created following the death of Hon. Friday Nwosu, the party’s National Welfare Officer

Also, following Adamu’s quitting, the party’s Deputy National Chairman, Senator Abubakar Kyari, whose name was submitted to the Senate as ministerial nominee, is preparing to resign from the NWC after chairing the National Executive Committee meeting.

With the creation of this vacuum stakeholders of the party are now busy scouting for their replacement including that of the National Chairman. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who felt, from all indication, that he has no other confidant he would like to emerge as the next chairman if the party other than his close ally and the immediate past governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Before this development Ganduje was among the President’s nominees for appointment as minister.

However, just as stakeholders in the party are accepting the proposal with an open hand, the National Vice Chairman, North-west, of the APC, Dr. Salihu Lukman, was all over the media, assuming the position of a spokesperson for the North Central geo-political zone. He opined that the chairmanship of the party should be zoned to the same North Central where Senator Adamu hailed.

From the begining, I felt that Lukman was genuinely having the interest of North Central at heart. However, events that followed his rantings in the media proved otherwise.

After writing series of open letters, first to the Progressive Governors Forum, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and members of the National Working Committee among others, Dr. Lukman unceremoniously.