Former Vice President and chieftain of
All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar, wednesday said it was
wrong for the party to have set aside a resolution it had reached aimed
at resolving the crisis in the party in Ondo State.
He noted that since the APC found
veritable reasons to review the outcome of the gubernatorial primary
election it conducted in the state, and was able to establish valid
grounds to cancel that primary election and call for a fresh one, the
decision to deviate from its own resolution is a negation of due process
and an unfashionable hollow in democratic best practices.
Atiku who made his position known
in a statement by his media office yesterday, said the party is supposed
to be an impartial entity in the arbitration of crisis among its
members in any given election.
“It was wrong for the APC to have set
aside a resolution it had reached aimed at resolving the crisis in our
party in Ondo State. It is a recipe for acrimony and division,” he said.
The former vice-president also noted that pretending a problem does not exist won’t make that problem go away, and therefore, advised the leadership of the party to do a soul searching and address why this problem arose and escalated.
The former vice-president also noted that pretending a problem does not exist won’t make that problem go away, and therefore, advised the leadership of the party to do a soul searching and address why this problem arose and escalated.
According to Atiku, the party leadership
should always be guided by respect for the rules, fairness, equity,
neutrality and respect for democratic consensus.
The former vice-president, however,
urged aggrieved members of the APC in the Ondo State election to
exercise restraint in seeking redress to the crisis, while also urging
the leadership of the party to retrace its steps and do the needful to
restore confidence among the conflicting parties in the state for the
overall benefit of the ruling party.
Atiku gave the counsel against the
background of the festering crisis trailing the conduct of the APC
gubernatorial primary in the state.
He charged the APC on the promotion of
rule of law and due process in the conduct of its affairs, noting that
they are germane to the unity and stability of the party.
Atiku said it was imperative for the
national leadership of the party to live by the rules of internal
democracy and respect for democratic consensus, warning that “you cannot
break your own rules without creating problems.”
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