The immediate past national vice chairman (North West) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Mohammed Lukman has told President Bola Tinubu to “retract from illegal acts.”
Lukman made the statement in a resignation letter dated July 26, 2023.
Lukman expressed his opposition to the appointment of former Kano state governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, as the national chairman of the party.
According to APC insiders, Tinubu had endorsed Ganduje for the position after Senator Abdullahi Adamu’s resignation.
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Lukman argued that proceeding with the decision would go against the interests of the party’s founding fathers.
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His letter read:
“I hereby kindly resign my position as National Vice Chairman, North-West of our great party, All Progressives Congress (APC). My resignation is with immediate effect, which becomes necessary given my conviction that the atmosphere in the party is completely at variance with the founding vision of forming a progressive party.
“Rather than remaining in the leadership of the party and becoming a source of distraction for leaders and especially for the young government of President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, it is better to excuse myself and take time off from politics.
“I will however retain my membership of the party in the hope that our leaders, especially President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will retract from acts that will be unjust and illegal, which is crucial to any claim of being democratic or progressive whether as politicians or as patriotic Nigerians. I wish to convey my sincere gratitude to our leaders in Kaduna, especially Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai for finding me worthy of nomination to serve at the highest level of the party’s leadership.”
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