Kabir Marafa, a former senator has disclosed that some aggrieved governors in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are plotting to remove the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, and replace him with a former governor of Zamfara State, AbdulAziz Yari.
Speaking with journalists in Zamfara, Marafa alleged that the angry governors planning the ouster of the national chairman have the sole aim of taking over the control of the structure of the party.
Marafa, however, did not disclose the identity of the desperate governors plotting to remove Oshiomhole but added that those opposed to the leadership of the national chairman are indirectly targeting President Muhammadu Buhari with the aim to make the president and his supporters politically irrelevant before the 2023 general election.
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“The fight is not against Oshiomole, it is actually against the president himself. It is only that they don’t have the guts to say it now, but they will when the time is ripe,” Marafa said.
“It is evident that the plot to unseat Comrade Adams Oshiomole by a gang of President Buhari’s adversaries has thickened. This plot is merely aimed at hijacking the party structures and handing it over to Yari – who till now is the arrowhead of all the people that harbour a lot of bitterness against the president.
“The Governors in concert with their cronies, within and outside the party, are doing everything possible to hijack the party structures to ensure that the president and his sympathisers are edged out of power equation in 2023.”
Marafa asked the president to be wary of Yari, citing instances in the past where he (Yari) “acted against Buhari”.
“Yari and his co-travellers’ stock in trade is treachery and backstabbing. The earlier the president and his men realizes it and act accordingly, the better for them and the party itself,” he said.
“Remember 2003 when the president and his party the ANPP lost the general election? While the president and his men where nursing the wound of loosing the election, one of the ANPP Governors now a major pillar of Yaris support and collaborator, was sighted on national television cutting PDP Victory cake in the Villa! That is how all of them are.
“All these machinations are geared toward hijacking the party or bouncing back to relevance and once that is done, the party’s future is doomed. President Buhari should buckle up to save the party from falling into the hands of his adversaries in his own best interest, interest of the party, and that of the nation in general.
“The party is built on justice, equity and fairness and that will surely be eluded if the likes of Yari are allowed to succeed. Make no mistake sir, those asking for Oshiomhole’s head today, are actually looking for your jugular.”
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