Former governor of old Sokoto State, Yahaya Abdulkarim, has joined the deputy national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Lawal Shuaibu, in calling on the party’s national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, to step down.
Abdulkarim told newsmen in Sokoto yesterday that Oshiomhole had demonstrated poor performance since taking over, which reduced the party’s capabilities.
His words: “I am 100 per cent in support of the call for Oshiomhole to step down, for the party to have good leadership that will lead to its progress.”
According to him, the national chairman is supposed to lead the party to capture more states, because the essence of politics and political party is to win elections.He noted that Oshiomhole met APC with 26 states, but led it to lose Bauchi, Adamawa, Oyo, Imo and Zamfara to the opposition.
“Losing in six states is too much blow for members to bear. If Oshiomhole does not quit, the APC will be dead by 2023,” Abdulkarim said. Also, immediate past minister of communications, Adebayo Shittu, has thrown his weight behind the move.
