AFTER the failed peace mission to Kano State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) is reportedly reviewing its action plan for peace in its troubled state chapters. About 23 state chapters of the party, most of where it functions as opposition, are embroiled in leadership crisis.
Nearly all, conducted parallel congress, leading to emergence of multiple chairmen for each of the feuding chapters.
The party, according to insiders, had earlier considered, strongly, the idea of proposing power sharing among tendencies struggling for control in each of the chapters, on the basis of 60/40, 40/60.
Meant to balance delegate and control equation, mainstream faction of a fragmented chapter was primed to have 60 per cent of the state executive and 40% of statutory delegates to the national convention, for balance.
Factions considered as the junior partner in such state chapter, are to take 40% of the state leadership and 60% of the statutory delegates.
While some factional leaders were let in, on the proposed peace option, the party leadership was said to have largely kept the plan to itself, reportedly waiting for the Adamu Abdullahi peace committee, to first talk the warring factions into accepting peace, before senior and junior partners in the arrangement, would be determined. The party leadership had also, warned warring factions and disgruntled chieftains, off litigation, threatening expulsion as consequence of disobedience to a constituted authority.
The directive to stay with party’s internal mechanism for peace on congress disputations, had been largely ignored by aggrieved factions which have intensified court cases, filed to correct perceived infractions. Two of such cases, are reportedly giving the party top hierarchy real concern, according to a party operative with close ties to the national secretariat.
Hours after the troubleshooting expedition of the Abdullahi committee to Kano State, an Abuja high court upheld the parallel ward, local government and state congress, conducted by faction loyal to former Governor Ibrahim Shekarau.
The presiding judge, Justice Hamza Muazu, also sacked the executive committees at all levels, loyal to the incumbent governor, Abdullahi Ganduje.
Sunday Tribune learnt the peace team led by the former Nasarawa State governor had met, all-night with warring factions in the state chapters for close to 12 hours, departing on Monday. The day after the supposed conclusion of their assignment, the judicial pronouncement came.
An insider told Sunday Tribune that Abdullahi as an experienced politician, himself, knew there was nothing to reconcile between the incumbent governor and one of his predecessors-in-office, because their differences were obviously irreconcilable.
The chieftain further noted that the development in Kano, had shown how the peace agenda, would largely go. The source, who himself is in court, over the much-disputed congress in his state chapter, was almost certain the party is headed for a massive implosion.
“We won’t leave the party, let it crumble on the head of all of us” the source quipped.
Source: Sunday Tribune