2023: APC chieftain, Salihu Lukman, accuses disgruntled members of sowing discord within party ranks
by Ebor Cletus Ralph Jr
Salihu Lukman, the National Vice-Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, which is now in power in the North-West, has accused anonymous unhappy party members of fostering strife within the party ranks.
In an interview with AriseTV on Thursday, Lukman made this claim.
This happened after Simon Lalong, a fervent Catholic, was criticised for becoming the director-general of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s presidential campaign.
Before Lalong was nominated, the Muslim-Muslim ticket created a lot of commotion and division, leading many APC members to resign to opposing parties in order to pursue their own goals.
While revealing that all the APC Governors supported Tinubu’s candidacy, Lukman observed in the interview that the different concerns were being overcome.
“The APC has been undergoing process in order to take it back to its founding vision based on accountability. This is to ensure that the structures of the party aligns with turn democratic ideals in the party.
“The problem with Nigeria is that every issue is reduced to election and politicking which has enabled a small group to spread negativity and when they don’t get their way, they aim to create division. These people are like election merchants and once a negotiation produces a different agreement at variance with their interests, they don’t adhere to it.
“This is why they seek to damage the credibility of the party based on the Muslim-Muslim ticket but the structures are being negotiated.
“What the media call discordant tunes are mere speculations and while there are diverging interests, all the issues have been resolved and the governors pledged to work for Tinubu’s presidency,” Lukman disclosed.
