A renowned All Progressives Congress Chieftain in Bauchi, Alhaji Nasiru Darazo has allayed fear that the nPDP group led by Kawu Baraje is a serious threat to the survival of the party ahead of 2019 elections.
Darazo volunteered the statement exclusively to DAILY POST in Bauchi on Sunday, saying President Buhari should promptly intervene to save the party from sliding.
” To be candid, APC is not fair to most political parties that collapsed to the ruling party ahead of the 2015 election especially to Baraje and Tinubu groups because they have been sidelined under Buhari considering their weight in facilitating the victory of Buhari in 2015 elections and unless something is done, APC is at the verge of losing coming elections,” Darazo pointed out.
He added that those groups agitating for justice within the APC should not be ignored having suffered to rescue the party in 2015 as anything short of that will further jeopardise APC chances come 2019 elections.
According to Darazo, President Buhari should have a second thought and cancel recent congresses of the party nationwide, blaming governors for hijacking the exercise targeting at Baraje’s group.
” These groups were totally sidelined in terms of appointments, yet the president keeps quiet, thereby giving governors supreme power to neutralise them from their respective states in spite of their political strengths, especially Speaker Dogara, Dr. Yakubu Lame, senator Mohammed A. Mohammed and a host of them. A stitch in time saves nine,” warned Darazo
He maintained that trouble awaits APC ahead of its national convention if eventually the group is ignored and their pleas are not attended to by the party’s national headquarters.
” We are waiting for the time bomb when APC will finally tear apart and collapse to PDP if nothing is done to ensure justice to Baraje’s nPDP group before the convention dateline. However, what is happening in APC is worse than during PDP years of governance,” he said.
He assured that in Bauchi State, APC will definitely lose to the opposition if the party insisted and secure guber ticket for Abubakar.
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