The North Central Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, on Saturday, cautioned aggrieved members and groups to desist from denigrating President Bola Tinubu, the National Chairman of APC, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume and other high-ranking chieftains of the party.
The warning was contained in a statement jointly issued by the National Vice Chairman of APC North Central, Mu’azu Bawa Rijau and the Zonal Secretary of the region, Yakubu Adamu.
In recent times, Tinubu and some high-profile APC leaders had come under attack in a campaign championed by several political groups and party bigwigs like erstwhile Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, and the immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi.
Amaechi had charged Nigerians to be prepared to defend their mandate in the forthcoming 2027 election, warning that politicians, including the current president, will not cede power easily and will do whatever it takes—including stealing, maiming and killing—to remain in power.
El-Rufai, on the other hand, claimed that he no longer reckoned with his party, the ruling All Progressives Congress, saying it has become a ‘zero-man show.”
The former governor also urged opposition parties to unite and form a broad coalition to challenge the ruling party and protect democracy.
Akume has also been dragged severally on social media by some aggrieved party members from the North Central over his lingering feud with Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia.
While stating that the leadership wouldn’t hesitate to mete out sanctions, Rijau noted that the decision to take decisive action was taken at a crucial meeting of the APC zonal leaders and state chairmen in Abuja on Friday.
The statement said, “The attention of the leadership of the APC North Central has been drawn to the activities of some personalities and support groups who are using the name of the party to attack, insult and disparage the persons, characters and reputations of some eminent leaders of the party in the media.
“The zonal party leadership wish to condemn and unequivocally reject this development. We make bold to say that these groups are not only unrecognised, they are nothing but usurpers and interlopers. Of particular attention was the recent unwarranted attacks on the person and office of the former Governor of Benue State and current SGF, Senator George Akume by some sponsored groups.
“The leadership of the party in the zone wish to pass a vote of confidence on our leaders, particularly Akume and all our five elected governors in the zone, whose contributions to the growth of the party in the zone and indeed the country have been acknowledged by all and sundry.
“We are by this statement warning these persons to desist forthwith from any guise to disparage, attack and insult our leaders. Failure to do so will attract the full weight of the law. We also applauded the Dr Abdullahi Ganduje-led National Working Committee for providing direction for the party. We reaffirmed our unalloyed loyalty to the ideals, vision and mission of the founding fathers and pray for the continued success of President Tinubu’s “Renewed Hope Agenda.”
