Politics
JUST IN: Crisis Rocks APC As Lukman Reports Adamu, Omisore To Tinubu
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is currently in crisis following the report of a former Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), Salihu Lukman, to the party’s National Leader, Bola Tinubu.
In the report, Lukman accused the National Chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Adamu, and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, of working against the party’s interest.
He accused the APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and the National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore of squandering about N30 billion realized during the sale of forms for the 2023 elections.
Lukman also accused the duo of trying to impose their preferred candidates on the party in the concluded Osun State governorship election. The report has further deepened the crisis rocking the APC, which has been riven by factionalism since the party’s national convention in March.
The crisis has led to the resignation of several top party officials, including the National Vice Chairman (South-South), Hilliard Eta, and the National Vice Chairman (South-East), Victor Oye.
He lamented in his statement titled; ‘Rebuilding the APC to Reform Nigerian Politics: Task Before President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’ that the APC is now a shadow of itself because it is being run by Adamu like a Garrison Commander.
“He relates with his colleagues in the NWC just like his appointees. In their name, he meets other leaders of the party and seeks to manipulate party decisions to suit personal vested interests that are only known to him.
“Beyond all these, is also a clear case of reckless financial management of the party. With more than N30 billion realized during the sale of forms for the 2023 elections, Sen. Adamu and Sen. Omisore have embarked on spending extravaganza based on their discretionary decisions without any form of the budget as required by the APC constitution,” Lukman alleged.
It has also led to the emergence of two factions of the party in the South-West, with one faction backing Tinubu for president and the other backing Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
More so, the crisis has also affected the party’s preparations for the 2023 general elections, with the party struggling to agree on a consensus candidate for president. The report by Lukman is likely to further deepen the crisis in the APC and could lead to more defections from the party.
It is also likely to damage the party’s chances of winning the 2023 general elections. It remains to be seen how Tinubu will respond to Lukman’s report. However, it is clear that the crisis in the APC is far from over.