Barely two weeks after the resignation of the former National Chairman and Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), National Working Committee (NWC), Senators Adamu Abdulahi and Iyiola Omisore respectively, another resignation gale has hit the party as a member of the NWC, Salihu Moh Lukman has announced his resignation.
Lukman who is the North-west National Vice Chairman of the party, has remained a critical member of the NWC as he has severally rejected the administration patterns of both Abdulahi and Omisore, as well as severally called for their resignation from the NWC, before the duo were allegedly forced out
Lukman further rejected the alleged plots by the APC governors to foist former Governor Abdulahi Ganduje of Kano State to members as replacement for Adamu Abdulahi as National Chairman of the party
Recall that the APC governors had presented and reportedly received the endorsement of president Bola Tinubu for Ganduje to emerge as a possible replacement for Abdulahi as the next national chairman of APC.
In a resignation letter signed Wednesday, July 26, 2033, Lukman said he will remain a member of the party with the hope that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will retract from acts that will be unjust and illegal.
The former Director General of the APC Governors Forum appreciated the APC leaders in Kaduna, especially former Governor Nasir el-Rufai and others for nominating him for the position.
The letter reads: “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 become 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 sincerely gratitude to our leaders in Kaduna, especially Mallam Nasir Ahmad Ei-Rufai for finding me worthy of nomination to serve at the highest level of the party’s leadership. I do hope all our leaders will appreciate that I am left with no option in the circumstance. I wish the party and all our leaders, especially President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu all the best and will continue to give my modest support towards the success of the party from the background.”