President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership to put in place a mechanism that will check corruption at all levels.
He also urged them against imposing unpopular candidates on members, saying such dictatorial tendencies had led to mass exodus of some key stakeholders from the party in the past.
He spoke during the 11th meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party in Abuja on Wednesday.
He said, “I call on all party members to abide by all extant laws, rules, and regulations and to leaders of our party to avoid the imposition of candidates that cannot win popular elections.
“This dictatorial behaviour cost us many strategic seats in the past. In the recent past, this led to some of our strong members, unfortunately, opting to go elsewhere because of the unfairly oppressive behaviour of party leaders at the state level.
“I must caution strongly against any tendency towards developing cliques, in–fighting within the party.
“We want to win well, not succumb to factions on account of personal acerbities and desire to retain control at all costs. That surely is not the road to win,” he said.
