2015: Buhari’s ambition splits APC
Our Reporter August 8, 2013 4 Comments »
…Presidency, PDP blast new party
From IKENNA EMEWU and TAIWO AMODU, Abuja
Former presidential candidate of the defunct
Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Major
General Muhammadu Buhari(rtd) may after all
contest the presidential ticket of the newly-
registered All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015.
It was revealed that in spite of the entreaties to the
national leader of the CPC and one of the prime
movers of the new party to drop his ambition for a
younger politician with a considerable national
appeal, his insistence on fighting for the party ticket
has unsettled his loyalists.
Recall that before the consummation of the merger
deal by the opposition parties, the former military
head of state had in a recent media chat said he
could drop his ambition for a better candidate.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu
Tambuwal, is being touted as a more marketable
candidate by the concerned Buhari faithful in the
APC.
“By our calculations, a younger and vibrant politician
should run as our candidate so as to give the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) a good fight; but from the
way things are, we are stocked in between telling
Buhari out-rightly not to run and allowing him to
continue with some ripple effects coming our way
later,” a Daily Sun source revealed.
But this is coming as the PDP yesterday accused the
APC of lacking in a politician of pedigree among its
rank for the 2015 presidency.
The party was reacting to the Tuesday’s call by the
acting National Chairman of APC, Chief Bisi Akande
at its maiden press briefing on President Jonathan to
abandon PDP for the new party.
Acting National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Caesar
Okeke, declared that for asking President Goodluck
Jonathan to join its fold, the APC has admitted that it
has no presidential material in its fold.
The PDP claimed “ the leadership crisis rocking the
opposition party just a few days after registration is
an indication that the APC is a party of desperate
power mongers whose only aim was to satisfy their
egocentric interests”.
The ruling party further claimed that the APC has
confirmed to Nigerians that” it does not believe in
the leadership abilities of its prominent leaders,
General Muhammadu Buhari and Asiwaju Bola
Tinubu”.
Also, the Senior Special Adviser, Public Affairs to the
President, Dr Doyin Okupe, in a statement, noted
that the widely reported invitation by the APC on
President Jonathan to join its fold clearly justified its
earlier stance that” the opposition political party
lacks the human resource to provide good and
effective governance for the Nigerian nation and will
always have to depend on the Peoples Democratic
Party for leadership in all ramifications”.
Okupe queried the rationale for the invitation to a
sitting president to dump his party for an opposition
platform.
“ While it is not out of place for political parties to
make overtures to those they believe have the
capacity to assist them gain greater acceptability
among the electorate, it is noteworthy that this
invitation is being extended to a sitting President
who was elected on the platform of another political
party and whose unquestionable performance in the
last two years have often been derided by this same
political cynics.
“It is noteworthy that in extending its invitation to
the President, the National Chairman of the APC
made reference to what it called “crisis rocking the
PDP”; forgetting that the real test of leadership is
not in running away from crisis but in resolving them
firmly and fairly. The very nature of democratic
politics envisages conflict of ideas, interests and
aspirations which must be aggregated for the overall
good of the public and which all true leaders must be
mentally and emotionally prepared to tackle,” Okupe
said


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Buhari Rest na.



Wait!!!!! What Position Am I on Nairaland 2day?happy!!!!!!!!!

1st to Comment

That is just de beginning. Opposition my foot!!! BTW, I'm second to comment, e no easy to stay awake de watch Real Madrid vs Chelsea Match then come surf Nairaland after.

Lies from sun news owned by one of the greatest scammers of our time.

Expect more fake news like this about Buhari and APC.

PDP is jittery!

payless: Lies from sun news owned by one of the greatest scammers of our time.

Expect more fake news like this about Buhari and APC.

PDP is jittery!

Story stooory!! Then what will u say of Saharareporters??

YungWizzzy read this post

I must rule

Make this man park well naw!!! Why is he so desperate to rule this country again?

*in ma igbotic voice*APC una neva chee shumtin

payless: Lies from sun news owned by one of the greatest scammers of our time.

Expect more fake news like this about Buhari and APC.

PDP is jittery!

anything aganst APC is a scam and what about if its true.wait when type comes u will see the true side of this ppl all politicians are the same,its all about there intrest when time for election come we go no who b d scammer

Topic is misleading, shuld av bn friction in newly formed APC.

Prophecy of the day! Buhari must contest,he must win primaries,then fail in general election.GEJ ....2015, SUFFERING AND SMILLING.