A group of protesters, under the aegis of APC North-central stakeholders, on Monday, stormed the national secretariat of the party, where they accused the ruling party of marginalising the zone in the allocation of National Assembly leadership positions.
Addressing journalists on behalf of the group, Salihu Ibrahim, said the North-central had contributed immensely to the success of APC. Ibrahim wondered why the zone was left out in the scheme of things.
The protesters carried placards bearing various inscriptions, such as, “North Central demands leadership positions”; “President-elect be fair and just to Nigerians”; and “We demand equity, fairness and justice”. Other inscriptions included, “APC NWC do the right thing”; “Asiwaju is against imposition”; “We say no to imposition of Speaker”; and “Nigerians are against imposition”.
According to Ibrahim, “The party has not taken the North-central into consideration and it is outrageous. We, the North-central, have contributed largely to the development of APC and up till date we are still on it.
“Why is it that the National Assembly Speaker is something that elected president Asiwaju, under the watch of Abdullahi Adamu, who is even from the North-central will not wholeheartedly say the North-central should take? The party should zone it to us.”
Ibrahim stressed, “We are asking that the speaker of the 10th Assembly should be zone to North central. That is what we want for now. The 10th Assembly speakership should be zone to North-central if they can’t give us the Senate President.”
Adedayo Akinwale, Sunday Aborisade and Udora Orizu
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