A group, Save Democracy Contingent, has
asked President Muhammadu Buhari, to
urgently save the All Progressives Congress,
APC, from sliding into crisis by reversing
some of the nomination for ministerial
positions he made.
It alleged that some of the nominees were not
members of the APC but got their
appointments because they have relationships
with a “cabal” within the Presidency and
therefore do not merit their appointments.
The group stated this in a statement on
Sunday jointly signed by its President, Ade
Ibitutu, and other officials, namely Ahmed
Jibrin, Okon Eta and Chijioke Nkwocha.
Mr. Buhari has so far forward names of 37
Nigerians in two batches to the Senate for
confirmation as ministers. However, the
president, last week, withdrew nomination of
a former deputy governor of Niger State,
Ahmed Ibeto.
The upper house has already confirmed 18 of
the nominees.
The SDC alleged that Zainab Ahmed, the
nominee from Kaduna, was nominated
because she is a cousin to the state governor,
Nasir El- Rufai. It also alleged that Aisha
Abubakar was nominated for being the
daughter of Abubakar Alhaji and niece of
Mamman Daura.
It also claimed that Suleiman Adamu was
nominated merely for being Mr. Buhari’s
nephew while Khadija Abba Bukar Ibrahim
was picked because she was the wife of Abba
Bukar Ibrahim, three time governor of Yobe
State.
In the South, the group alleged that a former
Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan,
Isaac Adewole, was nominated “merely to
make sure that the imprimatur of the former
president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is absent,
despite the gentleman agreement reached with
the governor of Osun State before Colonel
Olagunsoye Oyilola (rtd) decamped to APC.”
It also alleged that Claudius Daramola was
chosen to diminish the hold of a former
governor of Lagos state, Bola Tinubu, in the
South West.
The SDC further claimed that Anthony
Anwuka, a professor, was because he is an in-
law to Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo
State, “in spite of the fact that he was indicted
by a White Paper of Visitation Panel led by
S.A. Nsofor, JCA, which investigated the affairs
of Imo State University and against the
declaration of Justice Ngozi Opara of Imo State
High Court on 29th of January, 2013.”
It said the appointment of persons indicted
into position of authority is illegal,
unconstitutional, immoral, null and void is
binding.
It also faulted the appointment of Geoffrey
Onyeama, an indigene of Enugu State, who it
said was nominated because he was a class
mate and friend of Abba Kyari, the Chief of
Staff to the President
It further claimed that Okechukwu Enelama
was nominated merely for being the Deputy
Pastor to the Vice President.
The group said, “Unfolding events have
shown that our great Party the APC is
dangerously sliding into crisis of
unimaginable dimension. Our genuine fear is
that if APC implodes or runs into the palpable
crisis being brewed wittingly or unwittingly
by a cabal around Mr President, it will
definitely impact negatively in the country’s
democratic landscape.
“For the avoidance of doubt, we are not
making this statement because no youth made
his ministerial list; but genuine concern to say
capital NO to the deceit making rounds that
the cabal which hijacked power from
President Buhari is Kaduna Mafia. The tag of
Kaduna Mafioso is being weaved to hold
tightly on Northerners who in all Mr
President’s four elections of 2003, 2007, 2011
and 2015 pro bono obliged him vote bank of
12 million votes.”
The group stated that its analysis showed that
the cabal was a sophisticated fascist variant,
with uncanny capacity exemplified by the
response of some sections of the country
when it was alleged that Mr. Tinubu, the
national leader of the APC, complained over
the lopsided nature of the initial appointments
the president made.
“The crass nepotism and cronyism
unfortunately have spread across in the
ministerial nomination,” the group argued.
“It is akin to the early days of Hitler’s fascism;
where people will say the annihilation doesn’t
concern them because they are not
communists nor Jews or Catholics, until it
spread.
“The Fascist Cabal is given an impression that
President Buhari will run for one term, even if
this is the case; is it enough reason to kill
APC? Or kill the integrity quotient of President
Buhari?”
The SDC said though it was not challenging
the powers of the president under the 1999
Constitution to appoint whomsoever he
deemed fit, he should, in the interest of
fairness, equity, natural justice and survival of
APC, urgently “reverse the Signature of the
Fascist Cabal, especially in the 2nd Ministerial
Nominees List as the Window of Substitution
is still wide open.”
It said, “Accordingly, we appeal to President
Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, to urgently
reverse the ignoble Signature of the Fascist
Cabal, as the window of substitution is still
open.
“This will quickly redeem Your Excellency’s
image, which the main opposition party – the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has gone to
town, narrating the ugly tale that Mr President
is never in charge.”
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