APC CRISIS: Order, discipline, mutual respect in APC went out of the window, says Tinubu

APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu 

The National leader of the All Progressives Congress APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has asked the immediate past National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole to accept his mistakes.

Tinubu said although he strongly believe that Oshiomhole tried his best to save the party but that his peace moves came late.


He said, “Those who disagreed with one another stopped trying to find common ground. Attempts were made to use the power of executive authority to bury each other. I must be blunt here. This is the behaviour of a fight club not the culture of a progressive political party.

“Some members went against their chairman in a bid to forcefully oust him. In hindsight, his fence - mending attempts were perhaps too little too late.

“I believed and continue to believe that Oshiomhole tried his best . Mistakes were made and he must own them. Yet, we must remember also that he was an able and enthusiastic campaigner during the 2019 election. He is a man of considerable ability as are the rest of you who constituted the NWC.”




Tinubu added that he hoped the disagreements in the party would be resolved but that order, party discipline and mutual respect “went out of the window”, leading to unnecessary court cases, which the President; the former interim chairman, Chief Bisi Akande; and himself condemned respectively.

“With lawsuits so numerous, one needed a spread sheet to keep track, President Buhari has reasonably decided that he had seen enough. I do not lament his intervention or its outcome. I lament that the situation degenerated to the point where he felt compelled to intervene.



“President Buhari is much more than a mere beneficiary of the party. He is one of its founding fathers. The APC does not exist in its current form without his singular contributions. That is not opinion; it is undisputed fact.

“President Buhari has done what any parent in his position and with his authority would do. The President has spoken and his decision has been accepted.”

He called on Oshiomhole to support the party’s candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize - Iyamu, in the September 19 Edo State governorship election.


He added, “In this, Oshiomhole has a crucial role to play. I encourage him, now, to return to Edo State to energise the campaign for the election of Pastor Ize -Iyamu.”