In 2013, When All Progressives Congress was about to emerge as a Political party. I discussed with some people who were not politicians but they were inquisitive to know how New Nigeria would be arrived at with the new born baby, APC. These people really love my political analysis, Ipso facto, One of them was my sister Bidemi Ademuyiwa. The Sister lives in U.K, She can bear my witness because she always describe me as political soothsayer.
Nobody, ab initio, knew Oyegun could emerge as National chairman of APC then, the picture was never clear that time, as Tom Ikimi and Chief Osoba were in charge of APC constitution drafting committee with more than 30 other people . I quoted what Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu told some aides and Leaders....He said "Look! Baba Akande laa ma lo fun National Chairman APC sugbon ti won ba ti fi Ogun ba baba Sooro, to ba sope oun ooo se mo, Oyegun laa maa lo" (Look! We are going to use Baba Akande as National chairman but if they used juju to change the mind of Baba Akande not to accept the Chairman, then we would use Oyegun".
There was clear disagreement between Tinubu and those people who drafted the constitution of APC, mostly Tom Ikimi and Chief Osoba. The main disagreement was who would control the party in each state. The controlling power was eventually ceded to the State governors.
Things fell apart! Ali Modu Sheriff, Ibrahim Shekarau and other political big wigs left APC.
At the Eagles square Abuja where APC Convention was held, One could easily notice that the political marriage was not much convenient one as Tinubu, Baba Akande and some party leaders locked themselves inside Lagos Lodge to play politics of "give and take". The Convention was just the delegates' approval of the names of the party excos Tinubu and others wrote. The Present National APC executives emerged without opponents, but more than 10,000 delegates from 36 States and FCT ratified it.
Tinubu quickly used his political strategies to lobby other leaders to share some states - which were not in control of APC - among the governors to control and finance for the Primaries and general election, the APC governors complied . For instance, A State like Lagos was given three states to control, there were no APC Governor in those States. This vividly gave those State APC Excos in the States like Ondo, Ekiti and Others the ample opportunities to match and compete with the PDP Governors.
President Muhammadu Buhari emerged as the President of the country, as a result of the commitment of all the leaders and the governors of All Progressives Congress.
The task ahead of APC now is to strictly allow its party mechanism to functionally work well with the dictates of the internal democracy as there are too many leaders who are willing to control the party, displaying their political power in the party.
PIA The blogger #Editorial
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