The
Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi-led faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in
Kaduna state says it is considering defecting to another political party barely
few months to the 2019 general elections.
The group,
known as APC Akida, in a statement in Kaduna on Friday, May 25, said it has
concluded a review of the state of the party and governance issues in the state
and the nation and was considering leaving the party they worked hard to put in
place, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
It was
gathered that the group said it would take the decision “if there is no visible
evidence of success in addressing the damaging levels of alienation and
frustration among the millions of party faithful in Kaduna state”
Prominent
among the group are Senator Shehu Sani, Isah Ashiru former APC governorship
aspirant Mataimaki Tom Maiyashi, among others.
Tom
Maiyashi, the chairman of the group who signed the statement, said two recent
events in the state chapter of the party have confirmed its fears of the
absence of credible and legitimate party leadership.
These, he
said, were capable of destroying the credibility and popularity of the party.
“The party congresses, and the local government council’s elections, in Kaduna
state have confirmed the fears that the absence of credible and legitimate
party leadership in our state will destroy its credibility and popularity.
“These are
fears which the Akida group had raised since the early days of the
administration of Nasir El-Rufai. “The congresses have exposed the contempt for
popular participation by the governor and his hand-picked choir.
“Our party has lost massive popularity and
goodwill as a result of attempts to force the choices of an unpopular
government on party faithful,” he said. Maiyashi said those who emerged as
leaders of the party from the congresses enjoy no support or legitimacy among
party members.
“It has
become painfully aware that all efforts to halt the damage being done to our
party, including many attempts by the leadership of the APC at zonal and
national levels, are unlikely to reverse the decline in our party’s capacity to
live up to its promises made to the people in 2015.
”The Akida
group has informed all relevant party organs and leaders that it will
regretfully consider leaving a party it worked hard to put in place if there is
no visible evidence of success in addressing the damaging levels of alienation
and frustration among the millions of party faithful in Kaduna state.
“As things stand, the founding values of our
party, particularly integrity, accountability, inclusiveness and compassion
have been systematically repudiated by the government of Nasir El-Rufai,
starting with the subversion of the autonomy and integrity of the party at all
levels in the state.
“We appeal
to anyone with authority or influence over the governor to use it responsibly
to head off a looming disaster in the shape of a party that has lost its
foundations and integrity,” he said.
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