Northern ACN moves to split party
BY CHIMEZIE ENYIOCHA

November 21, 2011 06:13PM


Following what they perceived as discrimination against them by the national leadership, the 19 northern state chapters of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), have threatened to form a splinter faction of the party if the current trend was not addressed.

NEXT gathered that the decision by the northern chapters of the party was not unconnected with the recent exit of former governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa from the party based on similar reasons.

The state chairmen of the party who met over the weekend expressed sadness over how the national leadership of the party sidelines them in some major decisions as well as starving them of funds to run the secretariats. They also described as undemocratic a situation whereby they are not consulted to make inputs that affects the party, even when they constitute the highest voting power.

A chieftain of the party, who spoke to NEXT on this matter and didn’t want his name mentioned, said the decision to form a faction within the ACN was borne out of the fact that the northern state chapters of the party were being schemed out of major activities carried out by the national leadership.

He said, “ACN is not owned by one person or zone, if it is regarded as a national party, the conduct and activities of members should exemplify such.”

But in a situation whereby a particular zone or individual tries to hijack the party or dictate the policies or programmes, such will spell doom for the party.

Although Bafarawa held a meeting with the northern state chairmen of the party, the former presidential candidate of Democratic People’s Party did not disclose the party he was decamping to, just as this medium gathered that he may likely form a new party which he intends to woo the aggrieved ACN members.

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5748253-146/story.csp

He he

The northern elites do not have the discipline of being in opposition. They depend too much on free money from the centre. A reason they couldn't bring themselves to support Buhari in the last election. I Hope Jonathan slaps sense into them in PDP.

Yoruba stole the party, hehehe!
Aboki woke up too late to find that when it comes to tribal or sectional politics, they are no match to the ofemmanus.
lmao.

Onlytruth:

Yoruba stole the party, hehehe!
Aboki woke up too late to find that when it comes to tribal or sectional politics, they are no match to the ofemmanus.
lmao.

Nairaland resident Id-iot. How are you today? I bet you have known more Yorubas from this website.

ODE. na Yorubas killed other regional leaders sparing their own.

johnie:

They also described as undemocratic a situation whereby they are not consulted to make inputs that affects the party, even when they constitute the highest voting power.

Is this true?

Just a bunch of political featherweights, LovePeddlers and non-entities. As long as the Benue and Kwara ACN don't follow them, it is all good.

Let them wander in the wilderness. After all, what are these guys bringing to the table anyways? Zilch

Aint bringing in any money, haven't won any elections, aren't relevant in their own states. So what does it matter if they stay or go?

Akanbi_edu:

He he

The northern elites do not have the discipline of being in opposition. They depend too much on free money from the centre. A reason they couldn't bring themselves to support Buhari in the last election. I Hope Jonathan slaps sense into them in PDP.

Good summation. AGIPism is alive and growing in the North at a time all Nigerians should be critically looking at local development to neutralise how a thoroughly discredited centre is now nothing but a hindrance to the development of our nation. "Food is ready" politicians will/can only remain committed to finding the next gravy train.

I think The leadership of ACN will regret this in 2015. ACN will remain sectionally strong if they dont as a matter of urgency concentrate efforts in the northern part of Nigeria. Come 2015 they will start to dance around looking for a party to form an alliance with, it was the same story in 1999 Yoruba vs them , same story in 2003 then the OBJ/Iwu rigging machine swept them aside, same story in 2007 when they formed an emergency party with the northern politicians led by Atiku,Rimi and co, 2011 dancing around with Buhari and finally took PDP to bed.

The same criticism goes to CPC , serious efforts should be made from now to make inroads to the South but then finance might be an issue. There shall be no opposition to PDP so long as the leading opposition parties are only regional champions like CPC and ACN. The two parties cannot merge and might be better off trying to spread their tentacles around.

Bafarawa might have his issues but i agree with him 100% in the criticism of Tinubu and i admire him for not being a pushover like othe politiicians who lick Tinubus arse and oil his ego by not criticising him. In as much as Tinubu controls ACN the way he does the party can never be a party with national spread.

Lagosboy:

I think The leadership of ACN will regret this in 2015. ACN will remain sectionally strong if they dont as a matter of urgency concentrate efforts in the northern part of Nigeria. Come 2015 they will start to dance around looking for a party to form an alliance with, it was the same story in 1999 Yoruba vs them , same story in 2003 then the OBJ/Iwu rigging machine swept them aside, same story in 2007 when they formed an emergency party with the northern politicians led by Atiku,Rimi and co, 2011 dancing around with Buhari and finally took PDP to bed.

The same criticism goes to CPC , serious efforts should be made from now to make inroads to the South but then finance might be an issue. There shall be no opposition to PDP so long as the leading opposition parties are only regional champions like CPC and ACN. The two parties cannot merge and might be better off trying to spread their tentacles around.

Bafarawa might have his issues but i agree with him 100% in the criticism of Tinubu and i admire him for not being a pushover like othe politiicians who lick Tinubus arse and oil his ego by not criticising him. In as much as Tinubu controls ACN the way he does the party can never be a party with national spread.

Mint.

I'll add that CPC has only months at best to live, because of the same sort poor leadership issues where a single person is basically the party. We're not even sure they wouldn't be kicked out of their head office buildings in December, because intra party squabbles have led to rent not being paid as well as various other disagreements.
We are seeing the same thing happening with ACN as the great shrink begins with the loss of their members from all 19 Northern states and the Middle Belt, because of sectional / ethnically bigotted politics and the overbearing attitude of Tinubu. It wouldn't be surprising if there is a sudden collapse at some point in the near future, its not even certain that the party will get to 2015. Like any edifice built on fascist principles, at some point, it will collapse under its own weight, its the beginning of that process we are witnessing.

I think ACN and CPC should be regionally strong and 1 year before 2015, they should come together, form a very strong alliance and then take the country by force. one thing they should not do is take any ex-member of pdp into their folds, pdp is good with sending spies around other parties to make them weak and indecisive.

If ACN wants to be seen as a national party then it must not take the threat by the Northern ACN with a grain of salt.

honeric01:

I think ACN and CPC should be regionally strong and 1 year before 2015, they should come together, form a very strong alliance and then take the country by force. one thing they should not do is take any ex-member of pdp into their folds, pdp is good with sending spies around other parties to make them weak and indecisive.

On paper, this is brilliant.

The reality however is what we saw (or didn't see) happen between ACN and CPC just before the last elections.

The two parties are too ego-ful to get together!

http://tribune.com.ng/sun/index.php/front-page-articles/3262-tinubu-lied-on-acncpc-alliance-bafarawa-as-acn-leaders-storm-ibadan-for-ajimobi-adewusi-soji-akanbi-absent-lam-shameless-alao-akala

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/02/how-personal-ambition-ruined-acncpc-planned-alliance/

Anyone  capable of reading between the lines , and fully cognisant of the unprincipled and AGIP nature of Bafawara and his ilk, will know that the statement below is the koko of the matter;

The state chairmen of the party who met over the weekend expressed sadness over how the national leadership of the party sidelines them in some major decisions as well as starving them of funds to run the secretariats.

They want money from those who gained  political office in other regions to be used to maintain their indolent lifestyle totally dependent on political handouts and largesse. When this does not happen, they throw egotistical tantrums. This is why[b]The ACN really needs to be careful with the calibre of folks allowed to join the Party[/b].

If it were Balarabe Musa, Col. Umar or Northerners of that calibre threathening to leave the ACN then that would be a cause for worry for the Party. When it is worthless AGIPs and political LovePeddlers like Bafawara et al, then I say good riddance to bad rubbish. Bafawara is no different to Atiku. When Atiku left the ACN , the Party did not die as many predicted. Rather the ACN went from strenght to strenght and it is now Atiku who is sc.rewed.

Beaf looks into crystal ball, throws the gnarled cowries unto the chalk marks and studies the divine configuration. . .

Out of the shrouded mists forms a dreamy vision:
A split within ACN, the Middle Belt and North find living with Tinubu's sectional / ethnically bigoted politics impossible.
The party is rent down the middle! In the SW, the throbbing heartland of ACN opportunities for freedom from tyranny are spotted; half the SW ACN drifts into marriage with Bafarawa for protection; battles rage, blood spills, ACN in the SW splits. The Tinubu faction and the 'national' faction.
It is an energy sapping battle that ends in entropy and decay.

Gbawe:

Anyone  capable of reading between the lines , and fully cognisant of the unprincipled and AGIP nature of Bafawara and his ilk, will know that the statement below is the koko of the matter;

They want money from those who gained  political office in other regions to be used to maintain their indolent lifestyle totally dependent on political handouts and largesse. When this does not happen, they throw egotistical tantrums. This is why[b]The ACN really needs to be careful with the calibre of folks allowed to join the Party[/b].

If it were Balarabe Musa, Col. Umar or Northerners of that calibre threathening to leave the ACN then that would be a cause for worry for the Party. When it is worthless AGIPs and political LovePeddlers like Bafawara et al, then I say good riddance to bad rubbish. Bafawara is no different to Atiku. When Atiku left the ACN , the Party did not die as many predicted. Rather the ACN went from strenght to strenght and it is now Atiku who is sc.rewed.

Man mi long time

How u been keeping

Lets be realistic money will forever remain a factor in Nigerian politics and it is only with money these structures will be built in the north or south by either CPC or ACN. The northern ACN's grouse is a legitimate one especially when they are not carried along at all in the running of the parties. SPecial attention shoul dbe paid to them for the mere reason that party strcutures are weak in those part.

It is the same accusations that ACN party agents levelled against the party heirachy during Ribadus election. Money was not released to mobilise for the election.

Let us detach Bafarawa or Atiku from the issue and look at the substance of the matter. Atiku left ACN but he and Tinubu are still buddies.It does not mean tomorrow they will not come together if it is intheir interests.

Beaf:

Beaf looks into crystal ball, throws the gnarled cowries unto the chalk marks and studies the divine configuration. . .

Out of the shrouded mists forms a dreamy vision:
A split within ACN, the Middle Belt and North find living with Tinubu's sectional / ethnically bigoted politics impossible.
The party is rent down the middle! In the SW, the throbbing heartland of ACN opportunities for freedom from tyranny are spotted; half the SW ACN drifts into marriage with Bafarawa for protection; battles rage, blood spills, ACN in the SW splits. The Tinubu faction and the [b]'national' faction.[/b]It is an energy sapping battle that ends in entropy and decay.

Not a vision. A dream indeed!

johnie:

Northern ACN moves to split party
BY CHIMEZIE ENYIOCHA

November 21, 2011 06:13PM[b]

even when they constitute the highest voting power.[/b]

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5748253-146/story.csp

These worthless clown are obviously on crack. lmao.

ACN really need to do some house cleaning, they need to get rid of many of these scum bags and dead weight. These clowns lack discipline and have zero sense of loyalty. PDP where they go home with ghana must go full of money is still a viable option for them.

Quality is better than quantity,

Northern ACN moves to split party

And I am expecting someone to link this to OBJ and/or GEJ very soon. . .

see what the dumbness of Jonathan is causing? now, parties no longer get funds to sustain their secretariats.

Where is the accountability for the money these Bafarawas and co want released?

What tangible results has the past money they ate resulted in?

In Benue and Kwara, we can at least see results. What has Bafarawa done?

As I said earlier on the previous thread, good riddance to bad rubbish.

Dude brings absolutely nothing to the table.

A guy who has delivered absolutely nothing for his party. Isn't bringing in any money, no states, isn't popular like Buhari.

He is just another burden you have to carry along.

Yet rather than said burden feeling bad and promising to shape up and deliver results, he throws a tantrum.

Absolutely pathetic.

In other parts of the world, political failures like Bafarawa are consigned to the dustbin.

Yet in Nigeria, a failure like him unfortunately is still able to make noise.

Lagosboy:

Man mi long time

How u been keeping

Lets be realistic money will forever remain a factor in Nigerian politics and it is only with money these structures will be built in the north or south by either CPC or ACN. The northern ACN's grouse is a legitimate one especially when they are not carried along at all in the running of the parties. SPecial attention shoul dbe paid to them for the mere reason that party strcutures are weak in those part.

It is the same accusations that ACN party agents levelled against the party heirachy during Ribadus election. Money was not released to mobilise for the election.

Let us detach Bafarawa or Atiku from the issue and look at the substance of the matter. Atiku left ACN but he and Tinubu are still buddies.It does not mean tomorrow they will not come together if it is intheir interests.

I dey my brother . How far?

Your criticsm is not without merit and indeed money and sponsorship remains a potent element in Nigerian politics. Nonetheless, these guys making all this noise are worthless. They are all lightweights the ACN recruited out of desperation to gain a more national spread - and I have said as much on NL . The Party , after the elections, has consolidated on its previous position and is now the main opposition Party and a more attractive podium for those opposed to the conservative and rigidly centrist ideology of the PDP. It is time the ACN let these unprincipled AGIPs go for the betterment and ideological development of the Party . Folks like Bafawara et al are lazy and ideologically bankrupt. They are classic AGIP not into doing any hardwork or demonstrating loyalty or steadfastness. All they ever seek is the next platform to satisfy their 'chopulation' agenda. Nothing illustrates that these guys are worthless lightweights , more a burden to the ACN, than how woefully Ribadu performed in the North while Aregbesola, for example, delivered Osun for Ribadu.


They have no worth to the Party by virtue of the fact that majority are lousy grassroot politicians who cannot even deliver their local government !!!! Empty barrels make the most noise and that is the case here with these guys making things up to cover their real agenda.

Tinubu will settle it,it is a small case.No cause for alarm

Thats his problem to deal with

Gbawe:

I dey my brother . How far?

Your criticsm is not without merit and indeed money and sponsorship remains a potent element in Nigerian politics. Nonetheless, these guys making all this noise are worthless. They are all lightweights the ACN recruited out of desperation to gain a more national spread - and I have said as much on NL . The Party , after the elections, has consolidated on its previous position and is now the main opposition Party and a more attractive podium for those opposed to the conservative and rigidly centrist ideology of the PDP. It is time the ACN let these unprincipled AGIPs go for the betterment and ideological development of the Party . Folks like Bafawara et al are lazy and ideologically bankrupt. They are classic AGIP not into doing any hardwork or demonstrating loyalty or steadfastness. All they ever seek is the next platform to satisfy their 'chopulation' agenda. Nothing illustrates that these guys are worthless lightweights , more a burden to the ACN, than how woefully Ribadu performed in the North while Aregbesola, for example, delivered Osun for Ribadu.


They have no worth to the Party by virtue of the fact that majority are lousy grassroot politicians who cannot even deliver their local government !!!! Empty barrels make the most noise and that is the case here with these guys making things up to cover their real agenda.

Gbawe,

I have a reservation about your position.

The structure the northern elites have built over the years is 90% dependent on the government except in few states like Kano, so its very difficult for them to be in opposition politics. We may not like their ideology or even their style but let's not forget that whether we like it or not, they are representative of their people. A reflection of the generality of the people of those states. Since we are in a representative democracy, their choice has to be respected.

If we believe that Nigeria needs to move forward (obviously not moving forward with the current arrangement), we must find a way-sort of middle ground to work with them. It may not give us what we want but it can surely move us forward. Compromise is necessary in this game. Don't forget that a large number of votes reside in these parts of Nigeria. So the concerns of those northern states have to be addressed.

Remember that, even if we have the best governments in the west, our best will still not be better than Nigeria at large. You need to be in power before you can effect policies and to get to power in Nigeria, you must be willing to work with others elites from every part of Nigeria So I say the more, the merrier.

The nationally known tribalist will always be just that. Anybody else who talks nonsense and say that ACN isn't a yoruba tribe is only lying to himself. This article is the evidence. All moves are made to favor and position the SW over other regions.

I know these abokis can't withstand being rule by other.

Chyz*:

The nationally known tribalist will always be just that. Anybody else who talks nonsense and say that ACN isn't a yoruba tribe is only lying to himself. This article is the evidence. All moves are made to favor and position the SW over other regions.

Gbam!

Just like AD, ACN will die a natural death.

Obiagu1:

Gbam!

Just like AD, ACN will die a natural death.

You're right. It's unfortunate that our SW brothers never learn from history.

Akanbi_edu:

Gbawe,

I have a reservation about your position.

The structure the northern elites have built over the years is 90% dependent on the government except in few states like Kano, so its very difficult for them to be in opposition politics. We may not like their ideology or even their style but let's not forget that whether we like it or not, they are representative of their people. A reflection of the generality of the people of those states. Since we are in a representative democracy, their choice has to be respected.

If we believe that Nigeria needs to move forward (obviously not moving forward with the current arrangement), we must find a way-sort of middle ground to work with them. It may not give us what we want but it can surely move us forward. Compromise is necessary in this game. Don't forget that a large number of votes reside in these parts of Nigeria. So the concerns of those northern states have to be addressed.

Remember that, even if we have the best governments in the west, our best will still not be better than Nigeria at large. You need to be in power before you can effect policies and to get to power in Nigeria, you must be willing to work with others elites from every part of Nigeria  So I say the more, the merrier.

The substantive point is that these folks don't represent a great loss to the ACN. They cannot blackmail the Party when their political value, input and grassroot acceptance , as we all saw from the last election, is neglible. Of course we all have to make deals with the devil at certain stages in life but this is predicated on us getting something in return.

The ACN has plenty of time till the next elections. Let them conduct their grassroot bridge-building well ahead of time. That will enable them to identify and woo those with real electoral influence instead of last minute and panic-driven adoption of liabilities who have nothing going for them but their Northern origin. It is time the ACN , as a genuine opposition Party, starts moving away from 'making up the numbers'.

Obiagu1:

Gbam!

Just like AD, ACN will die a natural death.

afam4eva:

You're right. It's unfortunate that our SW brothers never learn from history.

Why don't you guys give us your prediction as per the future of the APGA where Peter Obi and Akunyili were appealing to the most ugly and baser instinct of folks by telling them not to vote for the "Yoruba" Party? Not a crime to love your region and be proud of it. What is wrong and pathetic is a constant desire to only see others as villains while viewing yourself as virtuous , pure and blameless. It is also disgusting that factually , even if you will never see it, you are guilty of everything you put at the door of the SW. Abi the act of Obi and Akunyili is not bigoted? Did Anenih, despite the GEJ camp trying tho appeal to all Nigerians, not threathen any SS candidate who was contemplating voting for a Northerner? Next minute we will hear that Yoruba folks wrote the book on ethnic bigotry!!

I laughed when I read Bafarawa say something to the effect of, "I, Buhari and Atiku wanted to join ACN to make it a national party. . . "

Where does the guy go grouping himself with those two, who can at least bring something to the table (either money or political machinery, or both)?

This is not the loss of an asset, but the loss of a liability.

Is it as if your deadbeat unemployed buddy from college who has been squatting on your couch and feeding fat from your fridge threatens to leave. If someone like that leaves, you breath a sigh of relief.

This really isn't that complicated.

If Benue ACN candidate wins Benue State and then decides to decamp, wahala dey.

But Bafarawa and co? Good riddance.