A former presidential aspirant of the ruling party, Adamu
Garba, has announced his resignation from the All Progressive Congress (APC).
Garba, who backed out of the presidential race after raising
N83 million, had criticised the party for pegging its presidential forms at
N100 million.
He had said it was an attempt to exclude the youth and other
qualified people from the race.
Garba had said his decision not to obtain APC presidential
forms followed due consultation with his campaign team.
However, on Wednesday, he took to his social media pages to
release a statement, announcing his resignation from the APC, saying the party
had lost its moral bearing.
The statement read, “I write to formally notify you of my
intention to resign my membership in the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“My resignation was due to the fact that APC as a party has
lost its moral bearing and has taken to some exclusionary practices which are
against standard democratic tenets.
“More importantly, as a young man, who believes in the
future of Nigeria and had high hopes in APC before now, I cannot continue to
retain membership of a party that favors money beyond competency, vested
interest beyond common interest, chronic elitism beyond public good, politics
of exclusion beyond inclusion.
“I do not, in all honesty, sincerely and with consciousness
believe that any young man in Nigeria has a future or model worthy of emulation
for the benefit of the Nigeria in APC, I believe the party has drifted so much
from the original beliefs of its foundation to a something more cynical,
undemocratic institution.
“I further believed that the party has failed in its
promises to deliver public good over the years, betrayed the public trust, and
has turned out to be doing much worse than what we fought so hard to dethrone
in the then PDP government. Worst is the issue of internal security that the
party paid more attention to propaganda media statements that listening to the
yearning of the people.
“Moreover, the party seems to encourage its enemies than its
friends, favors its adversaries than its loyalists, hates the prospect of the
new generation of leaders beyond just youth leadership seats, and has no
credible, practicable plans for the future of Nigeria as we get into the heart
of the turbulence of the 21st century.”
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com