From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dissolved the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) inaugurated last year to prosecute the party’s 2023 presidential election.
The dissolution was contained in a statement jointly signed by its Director General, Governor Simon Lalong and Secretary, James Faleke.
The PCC thanked all council members, leaders and supporters for working assiduously for the resounding victory of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu.
It also thanked party faithful for mobilising Nigerian electorate to give the party’s ticket the desired votes that secured victory for Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima.
Singling out President Muhammadu Buhari for special commendations, the PCC said it was in the best interest of the campaign and its stakeholders to dissolve the council with immediate effect.
It further explained that the dissolution become necessary to retune the party towards the May 29, 2023, inauguration of Tinubu as president.
“Since the campaign council began in September 2022, we have witnessed an unprecedented, relentless, and engaging mobilisation of our members nationwide and in the diaspora towards securing the majority popular votes for the Tinubu/Shettima presidential ticket. The journey has been a worthy one with our hard-won victory. The credit goes to all our members particularly, the leaders and members of the various campaign directorates.
“We would like to express our deepest appreciation to President Buhari, for his unwavering support and leadership throughout the campaign. We could not have achieved this level of success without his single-mindedness, commitment, and forthrightness. However, we have concluded that it is in the best interest of the campaign and its stakeholders for us to dissolve our council with immediate effect. This has become necessary to retune us towards the May 29, 2023, inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu’s administration.
“The process of transitioning into a new era of a Renewed Hope is underway and all our energies and activities must reflect the principles underlying this process.
“We hope that you will all continue to stay involved in Nigeria’s political process and to advocate for issues that you believe in. Our democracy is stronger when we all participate in the political process with patriotism.We would like to take this opportunity to thank you once again for your support, dedication, and hard work.”