APC didn’t make Buhari president, says BoT member

Olisaemeka Akamukale, a member Board of Trustees (BoT) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the numerical strength of real members of the party could not have voted President Muhammadu Buhari into power.

Instead, he said it was Nigerians who brought the president to power.

Speaking to journalists at the APC national secretariat on Wednesday, Akamukale said the Nigerians who voted for Buhari and believed in the change mantra should be brought on board to assist in delivering the dividends of democracy.

“I think beyond what Buhari should do to APC members, this is not about APC members; it is  about Nigerians,” he said.

“What is the percentage of APC members? How many of us voted? The percentage of real APC members couldn’t have made Buhari a president. So, it is actually Nigerians.

“So, I think the president should bring on board those who believe in the change mantra, those who yearned for change, that could assist Mr. President in delivering the dividend of democracy to the masses of this country because at the end of the people that loose or gain are the Nigerians.

“Nigerians voted for us and there are things they are expecting from us.”

Akamukale observed that Nigerians are growing impatient with government, saying: “It is for Nigerians and not about me or about APC members but for Nigerians to know what this government will do to benefit them.”

He urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to take a clue from the APC by re-branding their party.

“PDP should take a clue from APC, do what we did. Let the name PDP die because Nigeria no longer wants that. That umbrella has torn.

“They should go back and form a new party, not using wasted pipelines, because some of the politicians that are even jumping to PDP are those that are rejected in APC, Modu Sheriff included.”