The All Progressives Congress,
APC, in Edo State, has said President Muhammadu Buhari saved the party from
impending doom.
Chairman of the State chapter,
Anslem Ojezua, said this yesterday, noting that the proposed tenure elongation
for the John Odigie-Oyegun-led National Working Committee would have brought
about constitutional crisis.
He said the party would not have
survived the crisis if Buhari had allowed the one year extension.
“It was a statement that was
timely and justified. Because despite what anybody has to say, one of the
changes that APC professed is the promotion of internal democracy, he told
reporters.
“So, by that statement alone, the
President has enhanced the profile of our party and saved us the disgrace that
was imminent in implementation of that unconstitutional proposal,” he said.
He continued, “It is very good
for the party. Let me even give you another aspect of it. In the past two
years, we have had a number of people from other parties joining us.
“Now, these people are joining
with the hope that they will be fully integrated in the party. One of the ways
that this integration takes place is in participation in these congresses.
“And in some cases, some of them
are free to aspire and hold offices. By implementing the tenure elongation
proposal, you would have shut those ones out at least for another one year and
perhaps another four years.
“The most important thing which
is fundamental is that our constitution as a party does not permit it.
“But the President has even taken
it beyond that to the constitution of the country, which is the most important
law of our land and that law expressly forbids any body holding an office in a
political party for more than four years without an election.”
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