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From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
The All Progressives Congress (APC), was on Thursday enmeshed in fresh crisis as North-West Zonal Chairman, Salihu Moh Lukman, has accused the national leadership, the National Working Committee (NWC) of collecting bribe from aspirants for the principal officers of the 10th National Assembly.
Lukman therefore called on the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu and National Secretary, Iyiola Omisore, to stop the ongoing bribery of members of of the party.
The former Director General APC Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) who made the appeal at an interaction with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, revealed that aspirants for principal officers of the 10th National Assembly have been reaching out to members of the NWC ‘unethically’.
He further alleged that aspirants for leadership positions for the 10th Assembly have bribed the national leadership and members of the ruling party with several bags of sugar and rice.
His words; ”I think our leaders, notably the chairman, Abdullahi Adamu and the National Secretary Iyiola Omisore, should rise to the occasion by stopping this unethical practice because if they don’t give the permission, I don’t see why bags of rice and bags of sugar will enter the Secretariat and even get distributed to us.”
The party chieftain and further noted that the leadership of the party has not taken any decision on the zoning of leadership positions in the 10th Assembly.
“I called you because I want to appeal to our leaders and my colleagues in the NWC. We have to take every step to stop some unethical conduct in the fight.
“As things are, it is so worrying that people who are aspiring for positions in the leadership of the National Assembly are reaching out to members of the NWC in an unethical way. I don’t think that is right.
“At least two senators, unfortunately from my zone (North West), who are aspiring for the position of senate president have sent bags of rice and bags of sugar. Another member of the House of Representatives also from my zone, aspiring for the position of Speaker of the House, I learnt, has also sent bags of rice to individual members.
“As of today, we have not yet taken a decision on zoning for offices in the party. And I think it’s wrong for leaders at the level we are talking about to engage in unethical conduct,” he warned.
Curiously, our correspondent can confirm that several bags of rice and sugar have been offloaded from trailers at the headquarters of the ruling party and distributed to the national officers and secretariat staff on daily basis.
