APC Presidential Aspirant Slams Buhari For Using Govt Appointees As Campaign Officials
Says "true internal democracy must prevail"
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An All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, Dr. SKC Ogbonnia, has berated President Muhammadu Buhari for using some of his government appointees and party leaders as his campaign officials.
Dr. Ogbonnia said this in an official memo he personally made available to ElombahNews on Saturday.
He expressed concerned that, “by design or default”, President Buhari has continued to allow them to double as his campaign officials, especially at a time where the president has primary opponents’.
He stressed that “to achieve true internal party democracy, which our great party professes, party leaders, government officials and public agencies should, at base, appear neutral”.
He said that such is necessary “even if they [party leaders, government officials and public agencies] are at the mercy of government in power”.
He recounted that Buhari had ‘pledged not to meddle with the affairs of the party’, saying “his actions ought to speak louder than the words”.
He, therefore, stated that a progressive party seeking ‘equity must come with clean hands.’
Ogbonnia, meanwhile, expressed gratitude to APC members and his teeming supporters who defied all odds to participate in the just concluded State Congresses around the country.
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He said that he was “very impressed with the calibre of delegates produced at the congresses”.
He enjoined them to ensure that true internal party democracy is instilled at the processes leading to the 2019 general elections.
He also charged all camps to close ranks towards the greater good of the party and the nation, saying that “this is not time for rancour for help [himself] is on the way.”
He maintained confidence to win the APC presidential ticket and work with the incoming party leadership to reposition the party to its founding ideals.
He assured that, as a president, his administration will unleash the abundant potential of Nigeria to greatness.
Concerning the congresses marred by irregularities, Ogbonnia urged the current APC leadership to, without any delay, look into and, where necessary, cancel and re-conduct such elections.
He noted that the party must lead by example and also learn from the mistakes of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) where delegates and candidates were imposed on the people, which occasioned its woeful outing in 2015 elections.
