By Emmanuel Mogbede
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it is
yet to receive a letter of resignation from the party from former Vice
President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, being reported in the media.
The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji
Abdullahi, made this known while reacting to the development on Friday in Abuja.
Atiku had in a statement personally signed by him on
Friday announced his resignation from the APC, citing lack of good relationship
with the party leadership, among other issues.
He explained that he joined the APC in 2014 after some
of its leaders appealed to him, following crisis in his former party, the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which resulted to its fictionalisation.
According to Atiku, the situation in my former party
left me and several other loyal party members in limbo, not knowing which of
the parallel executives the legitimate leadership was.
“It was under this cloud that members of the APC made
the appeal to me to join their party.
“It was on the basis of this invitation and assurances
made to me that I, being party-less at that time, accepted on Feb. 2, 2014, the
hand of fellowship given to me by the APC,“ he said.
He further stated that he joined the APC to continue
his struggle for democracy and constitutionalism and service to the country and
the people.
“However, events of the intervening years have shown
that like any other human and many other Nigerians, I was fallible.
“I admit that I and others who accepted the invitation
to join the APC were eager to make positive changes for our country that we
fell for a mirage.
“Be that as it may be, after due consultation with my
God, my family, my supporters and the Nigerian people whom I meet in all walks
of life, I hereby tender my resignation from the APC,’’ Atiku claimed.
He said that he would time to ponder about his future,
noting that politics was about interest.
But, Abdullahi said that APC leadership had not seen
any formal notification on the purported resignation, adding however, that
based on what “we have seen in the social media, we can say that it is
surprising’’.
“For us politics is all about interest; so, if the
former Vice President feels that his interest is better served elsewhere, we
don’t have any issues against that.
“We can always wish him
good luck. For us, the task of building a political party is not a day’s job; it
is a marathon.
“And, it takes many
years and we will continue to improve on our system to get the kind of party we
want to really build, “ Abdullahi said.
He stressed that it took many years to build a strong
political party, adding that parties were made up of different persons, some
happy and some sad.
Abdullahi added that everybody would have to take
decisions at some point in time.
He, however, said that the APC was not bothered about
the rumoured exit of the former vice president from the party until it saw the
number of people that would move with him.
He maintained that those remaining in the party would
continue to work for it, build it and make it stronger in the interest of all.
Source: NAN
Its a great decision taken by All Progressives Congress. A person who was once served as a vice president should remain in the party.
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