Emerging report indicates that some protesters under the aegis of the Youth Wing of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have on Thursday, stormed the National Secretariat of the ruling party, in Abuja, to oppose the alleged plans by the party to impose a former President and member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Goodluck Jonathan, as the party’s 2023 Presidential Candidate, calling such more a shame.
The protesters numbering over 100, stormed the Secretariat about 8am, and disrupted vehicular movements along Blantyre Street.
The protesters, specifically under the aegis of the APC North-South Patriotic Coalition, carried banners and placards to pass their message.
Addressing Journalists, the Convener of the group, Alhaji Toyin Rahim, stated: “The rumour has been around for some time now that former President Jonathan of the PDP was being wooed by some power players within the APC to join the party and fly its Presidential ticket for the 2023 elections.
“What began as a mere rumour seems to be gathering momentum so close to the Presidential primary of our great party. This Jonathan project cannot fly, simply because it cannot help our party, and we want to do our best to ensure that our party does not fall victim to ill-advised action that can push the party out of power.
“One of the most telling negative implications of such an action, is that the APC does not have anyone of electoral value who can win an election for us, except we smuggle in a former President we defeated seven years ago, for his glaring incompetence as President.
“In APC today, there are Presidential Aspirants with credible pedigrees and humongous electoral value and capacity. It is not only unnecessary to smuggle Jonathan into our great party, but it is also self-indicting, and means that our party’s performance in Office has been worse than an administration that Nigerians thoroughly rejected and voted APC in 2015.”