From Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
A group, under the auspices of the APC National Solidarity Forum has lent its weight behind the former Governor of Old Sokoto State, Malam Yahaya AbdulKarim on the ongoing crisis in the ruling party.
It would be recalled that on Monday the media was awash with the position of the Governor of Old Sokoto State, who raised the alarm that the current crisis in APC could lead to its fragmentation, if no tangible steps were taken.
He warned that the party is sadly slipping back into the pre-merger era due to the current crises.
Chairman of the solidarity group, Abdulkadir Ahmed, in a media statement he issued to newsmen on Tuesday, said “the simmering crisis in APC today is getting out of hand and it seems those saddled with the responsibility of addressing appear to cool to care and those of us who played pivotal role in the historic merger are now pained by the handling of the crisis”.
The group described the position of ex-Governor Malam AbdulKarim as “the only way out of an avoidable crisis with the potentials of killing our beloved party”.
Ahmed, in the statement, said it was necessary to do something tangible about “this marriage of convenience called APC or Disband it, to enable prominent Nigerians like the ex-Governor of the old Sokoto State to form a more united and formidable APC, because they are better organized and have the loyal followers”.
On the challenges confronting the ruling party at the levels of States in the country, the Group noted that the position of Malam Yahaya AbdulKarim that “meddlesomeness of the national leadership in the affairs of the party in this country should be stopped in the interest of internal democracy”.
