Those promoting the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, to take over as National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress were distracting and obstructing the smooth operations of the party.
The APC’s spokesperson, Felix Morka, who stated this at the APC national secretariat on Tuesday in Abuja, said there is no vacancy for the office of national chairman.
21st CENTURY CHRONICLE learnt that the stakeholders in the North Central and their allies from other geopolitical zones had commenced moves to oust the party’s national chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, as the party’s helmsman.
Bello’s posters had flooded some major streets of Abuja, indicating his purported interest in the chairmanship of the APC.
Morka, however, said the office of national chairman is fully occupied and fully operational, and advised those behind the posters to desist from the act and stop distracting the party.
He said, “There is no vacancy in the office of the national chairman of the APC; there is absolutely no vacancy. Our national chairman, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, is in the saddle, and he is operating very well at the national headquarters. So, there is no vacancy for that office.
“We, too, have seen some of those posters. But we have absolute confidence in him (Ganduje). The office of national chairman is fully operational.”
Bello, has however, denied anything of such, saying the appearance of his posters in Abuja was the handiwork of mischief-makers and urged members of the public to disregard the “mischief of the people circulating posters to create a false impression.”
His media office on Tuesday, said, “We are aware of the clandestine moves by some mischief-makers to create confusion within the hierarchy of the APC. This is the handiwork of some opposition leaders and some 5th columnists within the party.
“A part of the plans already being hatched is the circulation of campaign posters with a picture of His Excellency, Alh. Yahaya Bello, CON, the immediate past governor of Kogi State, insinuating that he is contesting for the position of the national chairmanship of the All Progressives Congress. The insinuation is infantile, false and should be disregarded.
“Let it be abundantly clear that His Excellency, Alh. Yahaya Bello did not authorise anyone to circulate any posters on his behalf as he remains a loyal party man who is committed to the leadership of the National Chairman of the party, His Excellency, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje.”
