APC founding member and Buhari’s loyalist dumps ruling party
- Haruna Sa’eed, a founding member of the APC and governorship aspirant in Kaduna, announces dumping the party
- Sa'eed says even though he was a founding member of the party, his contributions were never recognised
- He accuses the party of segregation
Reports say politicians in Kaduna state were on Thursday, March 15, shocked to hear that a top loyalist of President Muhammadu Buhari and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Haruna Sa’eed, has dumped the party.
Daily Independent reports that Sa’eed, a major force in the Congress for Progressive Change, the party formed by Buhari and which fused with others to form the APC, also contested for the governorship of Kaduna state in 2011.
Speaking in his office in Kaduna, Sa’eed said: “I, Haruna Yunusa Sa’eed, have decided today, 15 March, 2018, to withdraw my membership from APC. I have been a founding member of the party based on the merger that came to be which led to the ruling party.
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“I happen to be a key member of the CPC, not only been a member but a flag bearer of the party in 2011 in Kaduna state.
“In fact, we won the election at that time but we were short-changed in the usual manner by the then ruling party the PDP.
“I played a vital role in APC as a dominant player but the activities of the arty in the state left so much to be desired.
“Because of that, all efforts that we have made to see that things changed for the better have been in vain, especially those of us that are not being considered as members of the party.
“Whatever we said seem not to be listened to. Whatever we asked for is never considered.
“Indeed the party has chosen to look at the members differently.
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“Whatever is being done today is only to certain section of the party and a party is not run like that. Party is supposed to be that every member has an equal space to contribute.
“Since that is not the case, then I don’t think I should be part of it now, which is why I withdrew from the party today.”
Legit.ng earlier reported that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, March 14, granted an application seeking an accelerated hearing on a suit seeking the sack of the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Oyegun. The court in its ruling okayed a speedy hearing on the matter.
The National Executive Council (NEC) of the APC had at a meeting it held on February 27, 2018, extended the four-year tenure of the party officials due to expire on June 30, by one year.
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