Babachir’s Replacement: APC Scribe in Trouble, Faces Threats From Aspirants Over Imposition

Babachir’s Replacement: APC Scribe in Trouble, Faces Threats From Aspirants Over Imposition

Some aspirants jostling to replace North-east former Vice chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Engr. Babachir Lawal, have accused the National Secretary of the party, Mai Mala Buni of imposing a candidate on them contrary to zoning arrangement specified.

They however, threatened legal action if the decision is not reversed.

Babachir David Lawal was the National Vice Chairman of the Party from Northeast before he was appointed as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) by President Muhammadu Buhari.

A petition sent to the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun on Wednesday in Abuja, titled: “Complaint on the brazen abuse of due process and injustice in the nomination for the replacement of the National Vice Chairman North-east,” and dated 23rd June, 2017, was signed by the aggrieved aspirants from Adamawa, Hon. Umar Duhu, Usman Iya-Abbas and Umar Sanda Sani, demanded “for the relieve of the National Secretary from handling or interfering with the processes of nomination or election into the office of the National Vice Chairman of Northeast and any other position created there of in the North-east zone.”

The aggrieved aspirants also asked the National Chairman “to investigate forthwith and sanction appropriately the National Secretary for his involvement in smuggling in the name of Mustapha Salihu as the sole nominee for the pisition of the National Vice Chaurman, North-east and for abusing due process and rule of kaw by skewing out the members of the National Working Committee from involvement in the process.

“That, after seven days of our letter, the National Chairman refuses to act: we shall be left with no option than to challenge the processes in the law court.”