Bolaji Abdullahi has resigned as
the spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He denied leaving the party after
Senate President Bukola Saraki announced his defection to the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday.
But in a statement on Wednesday,
Abdullahi said he decided to resign his from the position because his “loyalty
is constantly brought into question”.
The former APC spokesman said the
dissolution of party’s executive in Kwara state was “only another phase in the
unrelenting assault I have had to endure.”
“In view of recent political
developments in the country and within the APC, i have decided to resign my
position as the national publicity secretary as well as my membership of the
party with effect from today,” the statement read.
“In the last few days, I have had
to endure the flagrant usurpation of my role as the spokesman of the party in a
manner that I consider unbefitting of a ruling party and inconsistent with my
ethical standards.
“I have served the APC honestly
and to the best of my ability and when I stood for and won my election at the
last convention; it was a keen desire to continue to do so. However, in a
situation whereby my loyalty is constantly brought into question; my
subordinates deployed to subvert my office; and my views constantly
second-guessed on the basis of my political affiliation, it has become
imperative for me to review my position.
“Since assuming office as the
spokesman of the party, I have tried to set a new template for public political
communications in a way that departs from the vulgar abuse and verbal
aggression of the recent past, where cheap lies and crude propaganda were
normalised as politics, and even celebrated as measures of competence.
“Unfortunately, those who felt I
was not ‘forceful enough’ framed my ethical disposition as evidence of a lack
of commitment to the party. The unlawful dissolution of the validly elected
party executive in Kwara state earlier in the week was only another phase in
the unrelenting assault I have had to endure.
“As a national officer of the
party, who sit in that committee, courtesy should demand that my views be
sought on a matter that concerns my state and in which I am directly involved.
That action was, to say the least, disrespectful.”
Abdullahi said by declaring
Bashir Bolarinwa as caretaker chairman, the national working committee (NWC)
has “taken sides, violated its oath office and subverted its own credibility as
an impartial arbiter.”
“Yet, these are the same people
that have continued to insinuate that others are serving interests other than
those of the party. Politics is local, and my personal stake in the issue of
Kwara makes it incongruous for me to continue to sit as part of the working
committee of the party,” he said.
“Clearly, I cannot continue to
function as the spokesman of a party whose expectations of that role is
incompatible with my personal principles. In the same token, I can no longer
justify to myself that I should remain in a party which has now made it clear
to the world that the political group that I belong is no longer wanted, and
which has hung my membership of that group as an albatross around my neck.”
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