The APC is now a funny organization under Oshiomhole - Babachir Lawal

Former secretary to the government to the federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal has stated that the All Progressives Congress under the leadership of Adams Oshiomhole has become a "funny organization".

Addressing newsmen over the weekend, Lawal stated that the suspension of Lawal Shaibu and Inuwa Abdulkadir, the national Vice-Chairmen of the party in the north and north-west respectively, has made the north lose privilege in the APC.

He said, “This APC is funny, as we speak, the chairman and his loyalists have suspended the deputy national chairman (north), the whole north, the chairman, national vice-chairman (north-west) which is the largest geographical zone with seven states has been suspended, he is no longer attending national working committee meeting.

“The national secretary of the party who is from the north, from Yobe, has left to become governor of Yobe state as we speak, there is no firm decision to his replacement.

“For more than one year or so. A very substantial part of the country is not represented in the decision making.”

Lawal also accused Oshiomhole of sidelining prominent members in decision-making.

He said, “I’m quite close to members of the NWC, they always complain about not being carried along so the chairman of a party is not an executive president where whatever you say is, you need to carry everyone along.

“That is the essence, a national vice-chairman north-east for example, he is for north-east and there are things unique to the area which he is aware of, which his own exco has brought to him for processing at the national secretariat. If he does not get the proper hearing and opportunity to present those things they are disenfranchised.”

The former SGF advised that politicians should be allowed to count their losses and nurse their wounds instead of a reconciliation panel led by Bisi Akande.

“In politics, sometimes it is better not to reconcile, somebody must lose out.

“First of all, there has to be confidence restored in the NWC that the capacity to be impartial and fair in the decisions they take on behalf of party members. As I speak I don’t think there is any APC member that can confidently tell you that he expects the NWC to be fair and just in some of the cases because we lost the election on account of this”, he said.