Kogi APC elders want Audu to drop governorship ambition

The elders said the party’s misfortune in the National Assembly election in the state was due to the ambition of the former governor.   The party was victorious in the March 28 presidential and National Assembly elections, but performed dismally in the governorship and state assembly polls.
The elders, in a letter to President-elect Muhammadu Buhari, warned that the outcome of the state assembly election could be replicated during the governorship election in 2016 except the former governor is prevailed upon to drop his governorship ambition and also allow the rule of law to take root.
In a letter signed by Isa Sani Omolori, chairman of the APC Elders’ Vanguard, Kogi Central, the elders accused Audu of being interested only in building structures for his governorship ambition than working for the collective good of the party.
The letter reads in part: “The main problem of the party (APC) in the state is not that of followership but leadership, which zeroes down on former Governor Abubakar Audu, whose dictatorial politics would destroy rather than build the party.
 “What happened at the last national elections was for Audu to put up structures to launch his governorship ambition rather than abide by the party’s constitution and follow due process in the primaries.
“Despite the fact that APC’s delegation from the National Working Committee (NWC) prevailed on Audu to abide by the constitution and conduct primaries, Audu simply anointed candidates of his choice and ignored the due process that would have seen popular candidates emerge.
 “All entreaties made to APC’s national headquarters, the last on February 2, 2015, to bring Audu to order, seemed to further boost his grip on the party.