2023: Tension in APC As Credible Source Discloses Powerful Reason Adamu Should Be Removed

2023: Tension in APC As Credible Source Discloses Powerful Reason Adamu Should Be Removed

  • The APC has been thrown in disarray over the choice of the party to settle for a Muslim-Muslim ticket in the 2023 general elections
  • A source within the ruling party has revealed that some strategists, and governors, want the party's national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, to step down and give way for a Christian chairman to emerge
  • One of the influential governors from the northwest was said to have suggested that Adamu should return to the Senate where he was before

FCT, Abuja - The journey to the 2023 general election is just 6 months, but some political parties are having conflicts with calls to remove their national chairman.

This wave is also hitting the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as credible sources revealed that the decision of the party to settle for a Muslim-Muslim ticket has fueled the call for the party’s national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, to step down for a Christian to lead the party, Vanguard reported.

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Why APC national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, should be removed - source

This is coming on the heel of the party's presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu’s composition of its presidential campaign council.

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Sources revealed that some strategists within the party’s ranking are working to make ethnoreligious balancing in its membership.

Some critical stakeholders and governors are reported to oppose the idea that Adamu should still lead the party through the general elections.

Adamu should return to senate, northwest governor suggested

One of the influential governors from North-West was reported to have suggested that Adamu should return to the Senate, a source disclosed.

The source added that the suggestion was before the Independent National Electoral Commission closed its window on candidates’ substitution.

“As we head to the campaigns, we want to ensure ethno-religious harmony in the APC. We want to ensure deliberate inclusion of all divides and tendencies. We want to approach the campaigns and the election proper with a united front. With a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket, we want a Christian to lead the APC. This will complement the Campaign Council led by Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau, who is a Christian,” the source said.

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2023: APC in trenches as guber aspirants dump candidate in Oyo, after Tinubu’s warning

Legit.ng earlier reported that members of the APC who contested the party's governorship ticket in the state have dumped the guber aspirant, Teslim Folarin.

The aggrieved aspirants have called on their supporters to vote for governorship candidates of their supporters as they insisted that the primary that produced Folarin was flawed.

The APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, had warned Folarin and the aggrieved aspirants that they will lose if they don't unite ahead of the 2023 poll.

Source: Legit.ng

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Google's Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop. He previously worked as an Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng