National Chairman, All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun
The
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John
Odigie-Oyegun, on Monday said it was a disgrace for the military to
celebrate the recapture of Chibok from Boko Haram.
Oyegun said this while receiving
completed presidential expression of interest and nomination forms, from
former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, in Abuja, on Monday.
The party chairman explained that Nigeria
had been so mismanaged that the rag tag Boko Haram sect was having a
field day while the ruling party was busy orchestrating impunity in
Ekiti State.
He said, “Today, we are celebrating a
victory, how disgraceful? A country like Nigeria? 170 million people,
Boko Haram drives you out of Chibok then you manage to reinforce and
come back and drive them out and you are celebrating? What is there to
celebrate?”
He enjoined Atiku and all other aspirants
for the party’s sole ticket to bear in mind that they were seeking for
an opportunity to tackle the enormous challenge the PDP’s misrule had
plunged the nation into.
Oyegun said, “That is the extent to which
this nation has degenerated and that is the responsibility that falls
on your shoulders.
“Have it in your heart, (and) at the back
of your mind that you are dealing with a nation that needs salvaging,
with a nation that needs redemption, with a nation that is virtually at
the edge of the precipice and we are dealing with a party that just does
not care, and even if they care, they don’t know what to do to get this
nation out of the precipice.”
According to him, the need for change
becomes evident with each passing day. He condemned the action of seven
members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly who purportedly impeached
the Speaker of the 26-member House of Assembly.
He also said the APC was proud of all its presidential aspirants for running a mature campaign for the ticket.
In his remarks, Atiku said he was
grateful to the party leadership for giving him the privilege to be the
first to collect his nomination forms and the first to submit same.
He also said, “Let me assure you, Mr.
Chairman, we will continue to be loyal and dedicated party members no
matter the outcome of this election.
“I want to, therefore, use this
opportunity, Mr. Chairman, to return the two forms; expression of
interest and also the nomination forms duly completed and accurately.”
Earlier, the Adamawa State Chapter of the APC had endorsed Atiku as its candidate for the party’s presidential ticket.
The state Chairman of the party, Binta
Garba, who was flanked by all members of the executive council, said,
the state executive unanimously adopted the former Vice President.
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