INEC working with APC members to wreck party —Ntufam Ettah

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hillard Ntufam Ettah, has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is working with some insiders to wreck the governing party.

Ettah, a former Deputy National Vice Chairman (South/South) of the APC, stated this as he reasoned that the only way the party would come out of the quagmire it now found itself in, was to re-invite the authentic National Working Committee (NWC) alongside other caucuses of the party to a roundtable to proffer solutions. 

According to him, if the party fails to do such, its current crisis would remain.

Ettah further said that if President Muhammadu Buhari is interested in resolving all contentious issues in APC, he could do it in 24 hours.

Stressing that all Buhari needed to do is to call a meeting of the governors, the leadership of the National Assembly, and the leadership as known in the various segments of the party, Ettah said,“I do not know why Mr President does not want to take leadership, I really don’t know.”

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Meanwhile, in a statement on Sunday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari called on APC members to remain steadfast and maintain party unity if it is to continue in the path of victory and maintain its dominance at all levels across the country.

The statement partly read, “Look at the once-powerful, main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) now enfeebled and adrift. Learn lessons in disunity, mismanagement and corruption. They failed in 16 years in power and (are) a failure as opposition.

“Yes, we are entitled to our share of dissent and intra-party discord. These are common in all parties all over the world. But parties splintered by competing egos destine themselves to the worst possible fate.

“As the country prepares for the long run up to the 2023 presidential election, we all expect a robust debate on the issues that matter and what is going on in the APC should be a reflection of this, not the infighting we are seeing. There must be no more distractions ahead of the convention to choose new leaders.”