APC Crisis: Abdullahi Adamu Discloses When Situation Will Be Resolved

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu has said that the crisis in the party will soon be resolved.

Adamu stated this during an interview with Daily Trust.

Naija News recalls that the party was thrown into turbulence after it’s presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu chose former Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima as his running mate.

Some party stalwarts had condemned the former Lagos governor’s decision to field a Muslim-Muslim ticket while others had gone as far as dumping the party.

Speaking on the internal crisis, Adamu stated that reconciliation was in progress and it would be achieved before the commencement of the 2023 elections.

He said; “Reconciliation is always a work in progress. When you are dealing with human beings there are inbuilt misunderstandings, some of them driven by ego, no more no less. Some of them are also driven by the fact that maybe somebody feels he has not been given fair hearing or deal, or our kind of politics: Muslim-Christian, ethnicity and region, that kind of stuff. These issues have their own problems.

“You would recall that after the primaries there was a lot of noise about people leaving the party. I took it upon myself to get to the National Assembly to talk to the caucus of the party there.  And because I am the national chairman of the party, I took it upon myself to take the blame and apologised to them. This is human endeavor. I am not perfect, and none of you is. We have to have some level of tolerance among ourselves.  Some of the issues that arose, as a result of which some lost election, were not my making.  But as a leader I took the responsibility.  So the reconciliation continues.

“Those who are patient to wait can have something; they can’t be total losers in this. We are in government, so there are opportunities that can come one’s way. But I believe very strongly that they rather tread on the side of caution and be patient instead of going this way. For me, it is nothing new.

“APC is working to win the 2023 elections, and by the grace of God, we will win. But if it has been ordained by the Almighty God that there will be a runoff, we would take it. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is the authority on this. They have the electoral guidelines and laws enacted by the National Assembly. Whatever happens, we will just take a look at what the provisions of the law are and go by them. But if that is the fortune of the country in 2023, so be it.”