APC: Gale Of Resignations; Legal Adviser Out

The gale of resignations sweeping through the ruling APC has claimed the party’s National Legal Adviser, Ahmed El-Marzuk.

The party’s legal chief resigned on Wednesday, ahead of its National Working Committee meeting currently taking place in Abuja, the nation’s capital, Vanguard reports.

Marzuk was said to have resigned from his position due to a flurry of corruption allegations rocking the party leadership, which has claimed some top leaders of the party in recent weeks.

Recall that Abdullahi Adamu and Iyiola Omisore, the party’s National Chairman and Secretary, respectively, were forced out of their positions last month following corruption allegations against them.

Also, Salihu Lukman, APC Vice Chairman north-west resigned a few days ago, citing the leadership crisis for his departure.

Lukman, a former director general of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, PGF, in his resignation letter to the party a fortnight ago, said  “the atmosphere in the party is completely at variance with the founding vision of forming a progressive party.

“I hereby kindly resign my position as National Vice Chairman, North-west of our great party, All Progressives Congress (APC). My resignation is with immediate effect, which becomes necessary given my conviction that the atmosphere in the party is completely at variance with the founding vision of forming a progressive party.

“Rather than remaining in the leadership of the party and becoming a source of distraction for leaders and especially for the young government of President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, it is better to excuse myself and take time off from politics.

“I will, however, retain my membership of the party in the hope that our leaders, especially President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will retract from acts that will be unjust and illegal, which is crucial to any claim of being democratic or progressive whether as politicians or as patriotic Nigerians.

“I wish to convey my sincere gratitude to our leaders in Kaduna, especially Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, for finding me worthy of nomination to serve at the highest level of the party’s leadership. I do hope all our leaders will appreciate that I am left with no option in the circumstance. I wish the party and all our leaders, especially President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu all the best and will continue to give my modest support towards the success of the party from the background,” he said.

The magazine learned on Thursday that all three former officials will be replaced during the ongoing NWC meeting, where a former Governor of Kano state Abdullahi Ganduje is expected to emerge as the new National Chairman.