State chairmen of the ruling All Progressives Congress late yesterday, paid a seeming solidarity visit to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, after a National Executive Committee meeting attended by party leaders.
At the meeting, the states chairmen under the aegis of Forum of APC State Chairmen, told Senator Saraki to ensure that the party supremacy was respected at the National Assembly as advised by President Buhari.
Their message was clear; respect party supremacy and you enjoy our support.
In response to their advice, Saraki pledged to do as they have said, adding that he has always being a loyal party man, Vanguard reports.
He assured that despite fear of his defection from the party being expressed in some quarters, he had no intention of dumping the party.
While insisting that he was committed to party supremacy, Saraki said there was no alternative to the APC, insisting that he remains a loyal party man.
He assured the states party chairmen of his commitment to the party, saying “We will leave up to expectations of Nigerians from us; we shall deliver on the promises made and surely demonstrate our commitment to the party by not abandoning it in anyway.”
He assured that the 8th National Assembly under his leadership, shall cooperate fully with President Buhari in the delivering the dividends of democracy to Nigerians.
President Buhari and Senator Bukola Saraki shake hands during the APC NEC meeting yesterday.
“There is no alternative, Buhari must succeed,” he declared.
The meeting of the state APC chairmen, led by Alhaji Umar Dogowa, Kano State APC chairman, was, however, boycotted by the party’s chairmen in the South-West, just as Benue APC chairman also stayed away.
“We implore you to, as a matter of urgency, uphold the supremacy of our party and not just to uphold it, to also preach to others to also uphold the supremacy of our party,” Dogowa said.
A total of 28 APC States Chairmen including the party‘s Chairman in FCT, Abuja, attended the meeting.
Meanwhile, there are strong indications that the crisis in the APC is far from over as two influential leaders of the party, boycotted the NEC meeting attended by President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday.
