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Ex-Gov. warns APC may die soon, alleges party of illegalities and impunity activities

A chieftain of the  All Progressives Congress (APC)  and former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako has slammed the decision of the party to extend the tenure of John Odigie-Oyegun led national executive committee describing the move as potentially suicidal for the party.

According to reports monitored on Premium Times NG, Mr  Nyako speaking in Yola on Saturday while addressing a group of APC supporters at his residence shortly after he condoled with the family of a former governor of the state, Saleh Michika, who died last week, warned that the party may die unless its leaders take drastic actions to curb alleged illegalities and impunity that has enveloped in the party

Mr Nyako said APC has lost the moral ground to speak on due process, rule of law, enforcement of democratic norms and culture.

Murtala Nyako

He contended that the only way out of the controversies surrounding the tenure elongation of the executive committee is for the party to hold a national convention, saying anything outside this would not work.

He added that the actions of some party leaders will not make APC move forward.

“Even if a mechanic takes APC to court today over the unconstitutional and undemocratic tenure extension of party officials, it is very clear that the court can lock the national secretariat of the party. If there is no convention in APC before the general elections, the party may become a spectator instead of a participant,” he warned.

Stressing that only fairness, legality, justice and rule of law can sustain the APC ahead of the 2019 general elections, Mr. Nyako urged the party to learn from what led to the defeat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the 2015 general elections and retrace its steps before it is too late.

The former governor, a former Chief of Naval Staff, also took a swipe at some political leaders in Nigeria for their utterances.

He said “the quality of remarks made on some important national issues does not reflect reasonable sense.

“Some of our political leaders seem to take ‘Ogogoro’ before taking action or making public statements on important issues, because some of their statements do not reflect or contain any reasonable sense,” he said.

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