Let’s move on, Atiku begs Tinubu, others

Ahead of today’s (Friday) National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC), a former Vice President and chieftain of the party, Atiku Abubakar, has urged leaders to shift from extreme positions to a centrist one for the interest of the nation’s democracy.

The meeting will deliberate on the crisis in the party over the National Assembly leadership, and Atiku, who supported the emergence of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, against the wish of the party’s leaders, including the national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun and a former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, said there is the need for concentration of positive energies on building unity, cohesion and harmony among party leaders and other stakeholders.

“We can resolve our differences when our leaders individually and collectively shift ground from extreme positions and move to the centre in the interest of our party and our country,” he said in a statement by his media office.

The former vice president added that he was deeply concerned that soon after capturing power, the APC is torn apart at a time more energy is needed to attend to the objectives of the change agenda for which it was voted into power.

According to him, the vilification of individual party leaders and members in the face of challenges facing the country was painful to him, adding that the party should learn the lessons and move ahead.

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While restating his commitment to the party and its change agenda, the former Vice President advised the party leaders not to allow people of bad faith to fuel division and acrimony among the party, adding that all positive energies should be directed towards sustaining the morale of the voters who look forward to the APC to make their lives better.

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