Members of Northern Christians of the All Progressives Congress (APC), led by former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, have distanced themselves from the adoption of the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi by the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Babachir Lawal.
This was contained in a statement titled; ‘RE: Dogara, Babachir Lawal-led Northern APC Members Dump Tinubu, Declare Support For Peter Obi’, pointedly said that they were not part of the decision announced by Babachir Lawal.
The statement which was signed by Hon Yakubu Dogara, Simon Achuba, Albert Atiwurcha, Prof Doknan Sheni, Mela A. Nunge SAN; Gen Ishaya Bauka (rtd), Prof Ibrahim Haruna and Mrs Leah Olusiyi, said that it has become imperative to draw the attention of the public to the recent position canvassed by their chairman, Engr. Babachir Lawal as the position of our group.
The statement further stated; “We wish to state that necessary consultations have been concluded, and based on manifestly unassailable empirical data, the group is poised to adopt a position which will be made known to the public at an interfaith event to be held very soon.
“Suffices to say that no one in the group including the Chairman has been mandated to speak to the public about our position at this material time. Based on our modus Operandi, our position was meant to be presented to the general public at the event above referred to. That has not changed.
“Consequently, the decision to endorse a particular candidate and the statement credited to the Chairman are solely the decision and views of the Chairman which he is absolutely entitled to but not that of the group.
“We hope this statement clears all the queries most of us have been inundated with on this all important subject matter,” members of the group said.
