OYEGUN TENURE ELONGATION: Buhari has saved our party from turmoil —Tinubu

A national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has stated that the declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari over the tenure of the party’s national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has saved “the party from serious legal turmoil”.

Buhari had on Tuesday at the party’s National Executive Council Meeting in Abuja, stated that the tenure elongation which had been earlier approved for Oyegun and other state executives of the party is against the party’s and Nigeria’s constitution.

Tinubu had been among those in the forefront who had kicked against the decision of the party to extend the tenure of Odigie-Oyegun and others.

Reacting to Buhari’s declaration, Tinubu noted that, “the designation of existing officers as caretaker committees also violated constitutional requirements.

President Buhari’s action saves the party from serious legal turmoil”.

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While commending Buhari for remaining “faithful to the principles of internal democracy and the rule of law”, Tinubu further noted, that “If the elongations were deemed illegal then all subsequent party actions, including the nomination of all of our candidates for elective offices, might also be of questionable legality. Such a predicament would constitute an unnecessary and mortal blow to the party and its role in promoting progressive governance to Nigeria.

….“While it would have been easy to allow the ill-conceived motion of 27 February to stand, President Buhari showed principle and courage by steering the party back to its original and correct path.

“The President has spoken. Today is a good day for those who cherish democracy and legality. His action will also serve to strengthen the party by allowing party members, including present incumbents, to seek to contribute to the party by vying for executive offices as they see fit.

“His action will go far in advancing the process of internal reconciliation that is now underway. It is a time for the party to move forward and begin to plan and organize the needed congresses according to the existing timetables. After all, a party bearing the name All ProgressivesCongress should be the last party to resist holding congresses in which all its people have a fair say and fair chance to aspire to any position in the party for which they are qualified to hold”.

 

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