APC reconciliation coming too late, Frank tells Buhari, Tinubu

DEPUTY National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has described as almost tall dream the reconciliation of aggrieved chieftains of the party.

He made the declaration against the backdrop of the assignment given to the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Frank in a statement appealed to all genuine members of the ruling party who feel concern about the flight of cohesion and unity in the APC to give their support to the former Lagos state governor in his onerous assignment.

Appraising the enormity of crises in the party, particularly the factions in its states chapters, Timi Frank expressed concern that the troubleshooting initiative of the President Buhari was coming rather too late.

He said:’’ It is coming too late. If they had listened to me much earlier, when I was the only voice in the wilderness and if they had appointed someone like this same Asiwaju Tinubu a year ago, maybe the likes of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar wouldn’t have left the ruling party.

“There is no doubt that Tinubu is the right person to do this job of reconciliation. But unfortunately, the former Lagos state governor cannot do magic because it’s already late and nothing will come out of it. Although some people might not like this truth, but I will continue to say it.

“It is a glaring thing that all that Tinubu is expected to repair now were caused by the national chairman, Chief John Oyegun’s indecision, which I loudly spoke about. When I demanded his resignation, some people felt I was being sponsored. But thank God that today, I have been vindicated because all eyes can see clearly what Chief Oyegun’s
style of leadership has done to the ruling party.

‘’At this level, if care is not taken, APC might soon become history.

I don’t know how the national leader will go about this reconciliation task. But I pray that God will give him the necessary wisdom. To be frank, I don’t know how he will succeed in reconciling the likes of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Governor Umar Ganduje in Kano, Senator Shehu Sani and Governor Nasir El-Rufai in Kaduna, Speaker Yakubu Dogara and Governor Mohammed Abubakar in Bauchi, Rotimi Amaechi and Senaor Magnus Abe in Rivers state, Senator Dino Melaye and Governor Yahaya Bello in Kogi state, former governor of Edo state Adams Oshiomohle and Chief John Oyegun in Edo, Crisis in Ondo, Lagos, Gombe, Bayelsa, Cross Rivers, Osun, Ekiti, Jigawa, Niger, Delta states and so on.

He further called on members of the party national working committee to cooperate with the former Lagos state governor, as he pointed fingers of scorn at Chief Oyegun for instigating crisis in the party.

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“The crisis rocking the party were not caused by Tinubu, but the ineptitude of Chief John Oyegun led NWC. For those who are not comfortable with Tinubu’s appointment, they should know that Tinubu wasn’t the national chairman.

Oyegun has been the major problem of APC, who led the party to this dilapidated state which Tinubu is about to repair. But it is unfortunate at the same time that the crisis rocking the party across the board have gone out of hand.”