The All Progressives Congress (APC) has been enmeshed in fresh crisis as North-West Zonal Chairman, Salihu Moh Lukman, has accused the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party of collecting bribes from aspirants for principal officers of the 10th National Assembly.
The former Director General of the APC Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) who spoke at a press briefing in Abuja, yesterday,alleged that aspirants for principal officers posts in the National Assembly have been reaching out to members of the NWC in unethical ways.
He alleged that some of the aspirants have bribed the national leadership and members of the ruling party to support their aspirations. He called on the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu and National Secretary, Iyiola Omisore, to take steps to stop the ongoing graft in the party.
The party chieftain further noted that the leadership of the party has not taken any decision on the zoning of leadership positions in the National Assembly.
He said: “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. 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 conducts,.”
Daily Sun confirmed 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