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“APC owes Nigerians an apology for bringing Tinubu to power” – Eze, APC Chieftain

In a statement, Eze said the APC owes Nigerians an apology for bringing Tinubu to power, as the citizens deserve better leadership.

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August 6, 2024

Oluwatobi Ibikunle

"APC owes Nigerians an apology for bringing Tinubu to power" - Eze, APC Chieftain

Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP) has criticized President Bola Tinubu’s administration for causing hardship among Nigerians.

Eze accused Tinubu of abandoning the APC’s objectives and pursuing his agenda instead.

In a statement, Eze said the APC owes Nigerians an apology for bringing Tinubu to power, as the citizens deserve better leadership.

He also described the President’s recent speech on the nationwide protests as “shallow” and “out of tune with reality.”

Eze argued that Tinubu’s administration has failed to address critical issues such as corruption, high cost of governance, unemployment, and insecurity. He added that the President’s speech sought to discredit the protests, making it “ring hollow.”

Eze further stated that President Tinubu has isolated himself from the party’s ideals of a united and prosperous Nigeria. He expressed regret that the APC’s efforts to salvage Nigeria have been corrupted by Tinubu’s ambition.

“I must state that what Tinubu is currently superintending is not the vision of APC that most of us risked our lives to bring to be.

“We never brought APC to visit Nigeria and Nigerians with the level of hunger pervading our nation and warranting citizens to resort to suicide as the last resort to escaping the hardship neither did we bring APC to visit Nigeria and Nigerians with the level of insecurity that has enveloped us to such an extent where it becomes suicidal for farmers to go to their farms for whatever purpose.

“We never envisaged that our common effort to bring APC to salvage Nigeria will be so corrupted by the inordinate ambition of Tinubu to foist himself on the country as president and on this footing we owe Nigerians an unreserved apology. Our beloved country has turned to a laughing stock before the international community as most countries now advise their citizens to be wary of traveling to Nigeria.”

Eze also criticized the government’s spending priorities, questioning the justification for spending over 21 billion Naira on a house for the Vice President amidst widespread hardship. He accused government officials of indulging in extravagant spending while leaving ordinary people in poverty without remorse.