Behold, The APC NWC Clothed In PDP’s Apparel Ahead Of 2023 General Elections

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that with the emergence of Abdullahi Adamu as the National Chairman of the party; Iyiola Omisore as National Secretary, and Victor Giadom as Vice Chairman, South-South, the transmutation process of APC into PDP seemed to be fully complete on Sunday.

It took President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration almost seven years and 7,000 delegates to finally complete this process as those that emerged as the party’s final engine room via the positions of Chairman, national secretary, amongst others, were former stalwarts of the main opposition party, PDP.

TNG reports Adamu was a founding member of the PDP from 1999, a two-term Governor of Nasarawa under the platform of the PDP, and only defected to the ruling APC in 2014. He was also elected a Senator as a flag bearer of the PDP. He was also one time Secretary, PDP’s Board of Trustees (BoT).

Omisore on the other hand was a power broker in PDP as despite being in detention in 2003, won the Osun Senatorial seat under the PDP after he dumped Action Congress (AC).

The 64 years old engineer and Osun grassroots politician was a heavy-weight political mobiliser for the PDP. With the emergence of these two men in the political engine room of the APC, the PDP now has its replica in the ruling APC as it is.

Both men emerged via consensus with the full endorsement of all APC governors and 7,000 delegates across Nigeria. This is a confirmation of the fact that the CPC and ACN accord has been finally shredded as APC is now clothed in PDP’s apparel.

2023 Elections: Buhari sounds note of warning

Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has sounded a note of warning to the newly consisted NWC of the APC, enjoining the new NWC to ensure that the party primaries are not influenced by “highest bidders”.

The president gave the warning at the 2022 APC National Convention in Abuja, while urging party leaders to always promote internal democracy and equal opportunities for all members of the party.

Buhari called on all politicians and the electorate to abide by the new Electoral Act “to promote the process of election, enhance transparency, fill in existing gaps and add value to Nigeria’s democracy for our democracy to thrive.”

The president, who adduced reasons for his recent intervention in the affairs of the party, said that it was not intended to muzzle dissenting voices.

“Recently, l had cause to intervene in the leadership crisis which was about to cause confusion in the party. Such internal disputes are common in young democracies such as ours, but we must avoid overheating the polity and not allow our differences to tear and frustrate the party.

“Like I said earlier, it does not do anybody or the party any good, when we, as leaders, go down so low and resort to backstabbing and name-calling in the media. We should learn how to resolve our differences without jeopardizing our personal relationships and the fate of the Party.

”I want to thank the Progressives Governors’ Forum for heeding to my advice and suggestions in settling the leadership dispute,” he said.

He commended the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee for steering the ship of the party this far.

This, he said, included reconciling aggrieved party members, purchasing a new party secretariat and launching an aggressive membership drive that saw three governors defecting into the APC, among others.

“I want to congratulate us all for being part of this history making event and to specially appreciate the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) which has been on a rescue mission under the leadership of Mai Mala Buni, the Yobe State Governor.”

He lauded the CECPC for successfully piloting the affairs of the Party in the last 18 months and organizing the convention to elect a new National Working Committee that would take over from the Caretaker Committee.

“I am glad the party under the Caretaker Committee has bounced back to life with the reconciliation of several key and critical stakeholders and groups who had hitherto left the party or were on the verge of leaving the party.

”The reconciliation process gave the aggrieved stakeholders a true sense of belonging and assurance. It is gratifying that the party recorded massive and unprecedented defections under the Caretaker Committee administration.

”APC received three sitting Governors, a Deputy Governor, Senators, Members of the House of Representatives and State Assemblies, and other key officials from opposition parties who defected along with millions of their supporters.

“I am impressed to learn that the membership registration and revalidation exercise undertaken by the Caretaker Committee, has recorded over 41 million members.

”This has proved that we are indeed Nigeria’s leading and largest political party. It also exhibits our numerical strength and the potential to win elections at all given times fairly and squarely,” he added.

Buhari called on members of the APC to remain united and strong and also support the incoming leadership of the party.

“This convention is coming at a crucial time when we prepare for another round of a general election. Therefore, the need to remain strong and united for the party to exploit the rich and abundant potentials at its disposal cannot be overemphasized.

”We appreciate the right to hold different opinions and aspirations, however, such differences must not be to the detriment of the Party. l passionately appeal to you all to support the incoming National Working Committee (NWC) to promote unity and avoid sentiments that are capable of causing disaffection and disunity.

”For those aspiring for party and public offices, your failure to realize such aspirations for Party offices or to fly the Party’s flag, should not be a basis for a campaign of calumny against the party.

”We should have the spirit of sportsmanship and always support the party to succeed,” Buhari said.

(Report, excluding headline based on TheNewsGuru’s story)