Lukman warns of new plans to weaken Hubala
Tinubu says Ganduje is playing garrison politics.
Former Executive Secretary of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Dr. Salihu Lukman, has challenged Rivers State Governor Siminarayi Hubara to weaken him by dissolving the executive body of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He warned of an impending move to do so. ).
In his paper titled “The End of Progressive Politics,” Mr. Lukman said that if dissolution were to take place, Parliament would step in to produce new party leaders at all levels loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). He claimed that it would be operated by ), Nyesom Wike.
Mr. Lukman, former APC North national vice chairman, predicted that Mr. Wike, who has already fallen out with Mr. Hubala, will produce the APC gubernatorial candidate for Rivers State by 2027.
He maintained that the APC currently established under the leadership of President Tinubu is not the APC that the founding fathers sold to Nigerians both in 2015 and 2023.
Mr. Lukman argued that the issue of political divisions in the country would become entrenched if Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje took over the reins of party politics and a “garrison brand of progressive politics” was played out.
He said, “APC’s strategy in Rivers State towards 2027 will further fragment the people of the state.President Tinubu’s garrison politics will seek to unite political leaders in Rivers State.” Instead, they will simply try to take advantage of the current split between Amaechi and Wike.
“Moreover, Wike will have to pay the political price of parting ways with his political godson Hubala. Geopolitics will eviscerate him.
“As things stand, Tinubu is effectively forcing Nigerians to bid farewell to progressive politics. With these realities, it simply means that the structure of the APC in the FCT will also be dismantled and all levels of the party It means there will be a new APC leader loyal to Wike.
“And any state where the APC is led by those who may have opposed President Tinubu will be similarly dissolved. Once the stooge circle of imposition is complete, the next level of imposition will spread to all other democratic institutions, ensuring the supremacy of garrison politics and affirming all policies thereafter. Whatever that means, the political choice of the APC under the leadership of President Tinubu.”
Source: guardian.ng