APC crisis: Defunct CPC members will not pull out of APC ― Ex-chieftain

Alhaji Ahmadu Yaro Hussaini

The former chairman of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and an elder of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State, Alhaji Ahmadu Yaro Coca-Cola, has said the members of the CPC will not pull out from the APC including President Muhammadu Buhari because of the lingering crisis in the party.

Speaking with newsmen in Kaduna on Sunday, he noted that the ruling APC will overcome the present crisis.

He dispelled the rumour making the round that members of CPC have left the ruling party, insisting, “we are still party members that believe in the party and President Muhammadu Buhari.”

He explained further that, as one of the founders of CPC, he knew the difficulties they went through alongside Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), All Nigerians People’s Party (ANPP), a faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and new People’s Democratic Party (nPDP) to form the APC in 2013.

According to him, they will not allow APC to collapse, saying as members of CPC that went into the merger with other political parties which formed the APC they will remain in the party with President Buhari who was their presidential flag bearer in the 2011 elections to find solutions to the crisis bedevilling APC.

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He cautioned the CPC members in APC to be careful with the new political parties coming up ahead of the 2023 general elections, saying as politicians they should remain in the ruling party despite the challenges facing the party until the ruling party resolves its crisis.

“Let me use this opportunity to say that APC will overcome the leadership crisis because the crisis is a deliberate attempt to dislodge the party.

“But the party will not collapse. This is why I call on our members, particularly those from CPC not to leave APC for another party because of the current crisis in the party and other
challenges.

“We are with President Buhari before the merger and will remain with him in APC,” he said.

He urged the APC national leadership to find a lasting solution to the crisis because party members are not happy with the situation, alleging that there are people working to sabotage the president.