South-West
states’ chairmen of the APC, have decried the pattern of appointments by
President Muhammadu Buhari saying all of them had ethnic slant.
They said
aside his spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina, every other appointments so far made by
Buhari have been from the core North and all of them northern Muslims.
The party
chairmen also vowed not to recognize the emergence of Senate President, Bukola
Saraki and Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara until the
crisis in the National Assembly is resolved by the party.
In a joint
statement they issued yesterday, the chairmen vowed to resist any attempt by
some elements in the party to humiliate the APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola
Ahmed Tinubu.
The
statement was signed by Chief Henry Ajomale (Lagos), Prince Gboyega Famoodun
(Osun), Alhaji Roqeeb Adeniji (Ogun), Chief Akin Oke of Oyo State, Chief
Olajide Awe (Ekiti) and Mr. Isaac Kekemeke, (Ondo).
According
to them, if this move is not halted, the reaction of the region could have dire
consequences.
The APC
chairmen insisted that “the two presiding officers of the National Assembly
should apologise to the party to avoid compounding their problems.” They warned
that they would soon break their silence over the ill-treatment of Tinubu by
some elements in the APC.
The
chairmen urged “those trying either to intimidate or embarrass Tinubu to
retrace their steps as the South-West’s response will shock everyone to the
foundation.”
Tinubu had
rejected the emergence of Saraki, insisting that the Senate President should
apologise to him for the coup.
But
Tinubu, who controls the party in the South-West, seems to be alone on this
matter as President Muhammadu Buhari and key APC officials had accepted Saraki
and Dogara as NASS leaders.
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