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Arewa Group Reveals The Governor Behind ‘Jonathan To APC Plot’
Arewa Group Reveals The Governor Behind ‘Jonathan To APC Plot’
A northern group, Arewa Peoples’ Forum (APF), has blamed a northern Governor of fomenting chaos within the All Progressives Congress (APC) with an alleged plot to facilitate the emergence of former President Goodluck Jonathan as the party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 elections.
According to the group, the Governor has been pulling strings behind the scene to complete the defection of the ex-president to the party and claim its ticket, an arrangement they consider harmful to the party’s unity and chances of victory at the polls.
The allegation was made in a statement in Kaduna, where the group urged the north and other members of the party to confront the governor and save the party from an embarrassing implosion.
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The statement signed by the group’s Leader, Ishaku Ahmed said: “It is high time the north and other members of the party interested in the continued existence of the APC as a united political entity rise up to challenge the Governor over his plot to hand over the party’s ticket to former President Goodluck Jonathan.”
“Abusing his access to President Muhammadu Buhari and influence within the party, the Governor has acted without care for the sensitivity of the north and other Nigerians with his obsession with the idea that Mr. Goodluck Jonathan should waltz into the party and claim the biggest prize.”
“Even if the Governor has conveniently forgotten, northerners and other Nigerians recall vividly that the entire basis for the formation of the APC was to ensure the dislodgement from power of the same man he now wants to give the ticket to.”
“For over two years, founding members of the party campaigned against Jonathan, accusing him of hastening the country’s collapse with his negligence, ineptitude, and poor leadership.”
“How does the Governor and his co-conspirators expect the party to convince Nigerians otherwise in 2023? Will we not look unserious to them? How does he intend to market Mr. Goodluck Jonathan in the north after the many humiliations we suffered from the rhetoric delivered against us during his campaign in 2015?”
“Also important is the fact that any ambition by former President Jonathan would run afoul of the constitution, having already been sworn in twice. Why should the APC risk legal annulment and other complications on the account of a man who, only a few years ago, it deemed a stumbling block to Nigeria’s progress?”
“The APC is a product of the sweat and sacrifice of so many people who deserve better than this imposition agenda this Governor is championing. An emergence of GEJ is a slap on the face to many and will split the party and guarantee its defeat.”
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