Northern Group Warns Against Plot To Undermine Tinubu

A group under the aegis of the Patriotic Northern

Coalition for Justice, Peace and Equity has called

on the leadership of the All Progressives Congress

(APC) to beware of some politicians and elements

within the party plotting to undermine the party’s

chieftain and former Lagos State governor, Bola

Tinubu.

The national coordinator of the coalition, Alhaji

Babangida Sule Jnr, told newsmen in Kaduna

yesterday, that Tinubu is the bedrock of APC and

still commands great respect in his region and in

the party, adding that any plot against his interest

will be counter-productive.

He said the North is still grateful to Tinubu for his

contributions towards Buhari’s victory and that the

coalition will do all it can to stop anyone or group

planning against him in the APC.

“Politicians are already strategising for 2019 and

they will stop at nothing to achieve their aim. Some

of them are in APC and we have uncovered that

part of their aims is to undermine the party’s

chieftain, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, because they see him

as a stumbling block. But we the Patriotic Northern

Coalition won’t allow them because we are still

grateful to Tinubu for what he has done for the

North in the 2015 general elections, particularly his

efforts in the emergence of President Muhammadu

Buhari.

We know that many people played crucial roles in

the emergence of Buhari, but Tinubu tops them all.

“Personally, I know of the many times he came to

Kaduna to meet with Buhari and assure him that

he would do all he could to support him and ensure

his victory.

“I know all these things because I was part of the

groups that met with him on several occasions,

including some APC governors today. Again, in

order to ensure Buhari’s victory at the primaries,

he used his influence to move the convention from

Abuja to Lagos. We know what happened after that

and at the final election. So, we won’t allow

anybody or group of persons to plan anything

against his interest in APC. Besides, such plot will

be counter-productive because Tinubu is an

influential APC chieftain that commands respect in

his region and some other regions.

“Moreover, any crisis in the APC today will be

harmful to the nation because APC is the ruling

party and whatever affects it can easily impact

negatively on the nation,” he said.

Alhaji Sule also decried the moves by some people

to form a caucus in APC just like what happened in

the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) then, where

some people formed the New PDP. He said such

calculation is totally wrong and will not augur well

for the party.

He called on the APC and its leadership not to

underrate the PDP too soon, saying that they are

still a strong political force which can cause them

upset if they are not very careful.

He urged everyone irrespective of party

affiliation, tribe, religion and class to join hands

with President Buhari so that he can transform the

nation and deliver the dividends of democracy to

the people.