Senator Francis Alimikhena of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has explained the effect that the resignation of the party chairman, Chief John Oyegun, will have on the party.
The senator representing Edo north, who doubles as the deputy chief whip of the Senate, told Vanguard in an interview, that his resignation will not signal an end to the party’s crisis, and insisted that the entire National Working Committee (NWC)
of the party should be phased out if the chairman must leave.
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Alimikhena, a retired military officer, who believes that the APC is
going through leadership challenges presently, noted that the issues
would be resolved amicably as it is not alien to the party alone.
The senator, who is the only APC representative from the south-south, said: “I
do not believe that he should resign because any decision taken rightly
or wrongly is a collective responsibility. If they feel that Oyegun has
not done well, it is not only Oyegun that should go, all the National
Working Committee, NWC of the APC should go. But I don’t think he should
go, it is just a matter of consensus.
“When mistakes
occur then they can be rectified because if you say one mistake occured
here and you say the people that made that mistake should go, what of
other people that will come? If they make similar mistakes, will they
have to go? I don’t think that it is fair on him for anybody to clamour
that they should go because of what has happened.
Just last week, the party held a make or mar meeting to resolve the ongoing impasse within the party as a result of the crisis rocking the National Assembly.
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