All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje has pleaded for understanding as the party’s national leadership attempts to mediate disputes between rival groups in Rivers State.
This was said by Ganduje when he met with Rivers-based APC members on Thursday in Abuja.
The previous governor of Kano stated that litigation was killing the party in the State.
Because of its oil reserves and sizable population, he claimed that Rivers was a crucial state for the nation and that it was advantageous for any political party to win elections there.
“Now you understand why we cannot disparage the state; Rivers is a crucial state in politics. Unsurprisingly, some of us are familiar with Rivers politics, he continued.
He claimed that the present problem inside the party’s Rivers chapter began in 2015.
“The fact of the matter is that our party in Rivers is tremendously fractious. That one is a fact; our party in Rivers was put to death by lawsuits,” Ganduje stated.
It was a wonder that the party won the presidential election but lost the state in the 2023 election, he said as he congratulated those who laboured to achieve the party’s electoral success.
“The party in Rivers is confused, but we don’t want members to overheat the system; we are organised, focused, and approach politics scientifically.
And so, please provide us with a supportive environment and a chance so that we may fit a square peg into a round hole and vice versa in order to maintain our dignity as a party.
“We need to take use of what we have and the fact that we won the national election in Rivers.
However, give us a chance to figure out how to hold both the state and the national elections simultaneously. “We are not extracting anything less again,” said Ganduje.
According to him, the APC National Working Committee (NWC) would appoint a leadership that would mediate peace between the state’s warring factions for the benefit of its constituents.
“However, do not overheat the system; doing so would result in lawsuit, which will set off a vicious cycle once more.
“They claim that too much analysis causes paralysis, so we don’t want too much analysis.
“So give us a chance so that we can consult, so that we can look at the Constitution of APC, and then we wait and see how we can put things in order,” he said. (NAN)
