Kawu Baraje, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has issued a note of warning to leaders of the ruling party, saying the issues that made him leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have started arising in APC.
Baraje, a former acting chairman of PDP, said the ruling party has lived below expectation since it took over the reins of government nearly one year ago.
Baraje was the one who announced the formation of a faction of the PDP, leading six governors of the party to eventually align with the APC in 2013.
“If I have to be grateful to any political party, I think, it is the PDP and if I can leave that party, then you will know that the party had gone seriously against my principles of life,” he told journalists at a press briefing in Ilorin.
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“If I can leave the PDP because of impunity, lack of respect for the rule of law, then do I want to continue in another party that way? But it has not got to that level. That is why we are sounding a note of warning that gradually some of these problems are creeping into the APC.”
The ally of Senate President Bukola Saraki said most of the problems confronting the APC were self-created.
He said the division in the party has made it lose most of the rerun elections that have been conducted since it formed government at the centre.
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“Most of the distractions were created by APC itself. For instance, Senate President Bukola Saraki, who is heading an important arm of government, is not getting the necessary support from the party,” he said.
“We have participated in rerun elections, both at the state and national levels, and the APC has lost majority of those elections, not because of lack of popularity but because of lack of enough presence.
“Some of us,with our experience, expected the national presence of our party much more during reruns, but we do not see that happening.”
On the current situation of things in the country, he said: “I belong to the group that is not satisfied with the performance of the party… we are not happy with the performance of our party.
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“I am not a prophet of doom, neither am I a political prostitute. Are you happy going to queue up for up to two to three hours? Are you happy that electricity is not functioning well and people sleep in darkness?
“What we are saying is that majority of Nigerians are not happy and we need to make them happy.”
6 comments
I wish and hope that the annoyance of Baraje is not based on Saraki’s case at CCT, because we should know that the judiciary that is reluctantly or ineffectively working before during the past Govts. is gradually coming up, though not yet ok, so i dont think is Buhari or the party issues but law is taking its course. Also on the issue of fuel, what we Nigerians want is permanent solution, not temporal one as the case used to be in the past, so it’s a matter of time, i urge you sir to be patient and be optimistic. The problem created by your former Party PDP is enormous & still affecting us.
I HOPE BARAJE IS RIGHT, THE HAUSA MAN SAYS “GYARA KAYANKA BAI ZAMO SAUKE MU RABA BA” APC SHOULD TREAT THEIR PARTY MEMBERS EQUALLY!
Please what happened to Saraki? Were there misconduct in his office? Please let him rest
When a politician fails to achieve his objective as he expects the next thing is to play the sentiment game. Saraki has has a case to answer. No one, no matter his influence should attempt to blackmail or intimidate government to discontinue the case. Any patriotic leader should be concerned at the level of corruption in our land. The least Baraje should do is support the government in the fight against corruption
Let the traitors leave and go. We are not going to intervene in Sen Saraki problem shikena!
A note of caution.