Gbajabiamila’s Camp In Crisis Over Letter To APC National Chairman

There appears to be crisis within the camp of Femi Gbajabiamila in the House of Representatives as some members of the groups have distanced themselves from the letter signed by Hon. Daura Zango Sani which was forwarded to the APC National Chairman concerning the sharing of the principal offices of the House.

Hon.Tijjani Abdulkadir Jobe who is representing Tofa/Rimin Gado Federal Constituency of Kano State and Hon. Muktari Danduste representing Funtua/Dandume Federal Constituency of Kastina State had in a statement yesterday stated that there was no time in which they agreed to write any letter to the APC National Chairman.

However, two members of the group yesterday claimed that they were not part of the letter from the camp to the national chairman and that there was no time the group met to take such decision.

Part of the letter read thus; “Our attention has been drawn to a letter dated July 18, 2015 purportedly signed by Hon Nasiru Zangon Daura and addressed to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Oyegun on behalf of the Loyalists Group.

Referring to the letter written by Hon. Daura to the APC National Chairman in which he talks about party supremacy, the members said; “In the said letter to the National Chairman, Hon. Nasiru Zangon Daura insisted that party supremacy must reign in the selection of four principal officers in the house. While we categorically reaffirm our membership of the Loyalists Group and our unflinching allegiance to the supremacy of the party, we wish to make public that the said letter did not emanate from any formal or collective meeting of the group.”

“We make bold to state that the views expressed by Hon. Nasiru Zangon Daura was his personal opinion and never has the Loyalists Group met or agreed to write formally to the leadership of the party in reaction to last week’s  Speaker Dogara’s entreaties to the national chairman of our great party on the way forward,”  the members said.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the last time the group met was immediately after the maiden meeting of the APC National Executive Committee, NEC,  held in Abuja on July 3, 2015; where we accepted to engage the Hon. Aminu Tambuwal’s -led Reconciliation Committee.

“Let us stress, that it was at this NEC meeting that the party recognized Senator Bukola Saraki as the Senate President and Hon. Yakubu Dogara as the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

“Similarly, it was after this NEC meeting that we accepted to cooperate with the Tambuwal’s Reconciliation Committee under the aegis of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governors Forum.

The members said; “In fact, up to this moment, we are confident in the Tambuwal’s Reconciliation Committee as we await its report.

“While we want to use this medium to dissociate ourselves from the letter by Hon. Nasiru Zangon Daura to the leadership of the party, which to us is his personal views, we remain resolute in the conflict resolution mechanism embarked by the leadership of the party through the APC Governors Forum.

“We still maintain our spirit of give and take through negotiations with the Consolidation Group, in the same vain, we salute and commend the Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara’s posture on his magnanimity and compromise disposition, by conceding two major principal positions to the Loyalist Group all in a bid to promote peace and stability in the green chamber.”

“We therefore urge the APC, Leadership to throw sentiments aside and accept the olive branch extended by the Speaker, so as to achieve amicable resolution of this lingering impasse in the House of Representatives as this will ensure peace, stability and progress for the onerous national assignment and expectations bestowed on all of us. We want to also use this medium to call on all members of the Loyalists Group nationwide to bury their hatchet, embrace peace and take Nigeria first, above personal interests.”