The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)on Wednesday officially broke into two, as a faction known as the Reformed All Progressives Congress (rAPC) emerged in Abuja with Engr. Buba Galadima as Chairman.
Galadima, who was secretary of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), President Muhammadu Buhari’s former party further lamented that the APC administration has been “a monumental disaster, even worse than the government it replaced.”
He noted that the party is in turmoil as there are countless cases in courts all over the country challenging the legality of congresses and even the National Convention.
He highlighted that the friction in the APC resulted in parallel congresses in 24 States namely: Abia, Adamawa, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Enugu, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Ondo, Oyo, Rivers, Sokoto and Zamfara.
The R-APC include members from the APC, including most of the leading members of the defunct nPDP, CPC, ANPP, ACN and others.
Speaking at a press conference, Galadima, who was flanked by Alhaji Abubakar Baraje and other newly appointed executives of rAPC, explained that efforts to have the ruling party listen to them fell on deaf ears.
Galadima explained that the APC had in the last three years performed poorly and shamefully, thereby leaving a monumental disaster worse than the government it replaced.
“I stand here before you as the Chairman of the reformed APC to remind you that preparatory to 2015, the nPDP merged with APC to wrestle power, but the content of that agreement were breached.
“The APC in the last three years has performed poorly and refused to sustain its core values.
“The APC government was a monumental disaster even worse than the government it replaced,” he said.
The rAPC condemned the just concluded national Congress of APC, envisaging that protracted legal crisis awaits the outcome.
“The APC conducted the worst national Congress so far and it is likely that the outcome of judicial decision on the Congress would further lead to protracted crisis.
“There were crisis in four states. The National Congress Committee Chairman and governor of Jigawa state, Alhaji Abubakar Badaru declared 18 seats unopposed contrary to the Constitution of APC,” it stated.
The Chairman also announced the structures of the party from National, States, 774 local governments and wards levels.
Galadima who has previously been critical of the Buhari-led administration added that recently concluded APC ward and state congresses were intensely disputed as it was conducted with “impunity, total disregard for due process.”
Some other officials of the R-APC include:
Yobe State – Buba Galadima (National Chairman)
Kano State – Bala Muhd Gwagwarwa (National Deputy Chairman, North)
Abia State – Chief Theo Nkire (National Deputy Chairman, South East)
Ondo State – Hon. Eko Olakunle (National Vice Chairman South West)
Kaduna State – Hon. Hussaini Dambo (National Vice Chairman North West)
Kogi State – Mahmud Mohammed Abubakar – (National Vice Chairman, North Central)
Benue State – Hon. Godwin Akaan (Deputy National Secretary)
Oyo State -Dr Fatai Atanda (National Secretary)
Edo State – Kazeem Afegbua (National Publicity Secretary)
Adamawa State – Daniel Bwala (Financial Secretary)
Jigawa State – Abba Malami Taura (Deputy National Auditor)
Kwara State -Hon. Kayode Omotosho (National Treasurer)
Anambra State -Barr. Nicholas Asuzu (National Youth Leader)
Rivers State – Barr. Baride A. Gwezia (Legal Adviser)
Katsina State – Haj Aisha Kaita (National Woman Leader)
Bauchi State – Mrs. Fatima Adamu (National Welfare Secretary)
Ogun State -Alh. Isiak Akinwumi (Deputy Financial Secretary)
Zamfara State – Alh. Bashir Mai Mashi (Deputy National Treasurer)
Abuja – Hauwa Adam Mamuda (Deputy Welfare Secretary)
Sokoto State – Hon. Shuaibu Gwanda Gobir (Deputy National Publicity Secretary)
Katsina State – M. T. Liman (National Organising Secretary)
Niger State – Dr Theo Sheshi ( Deputy National Organising Secretary)