A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress(ADC), Salihu Lukman, has said the madness over the control of structures within the ADC is the biggest threat to the party.
He expressed worry that some leaders, instead of providing fair leadership, are taking sides with strengthening aspiring candidates for 2027 elections across the state to the exclusion of others.
Lukman, a former national vice chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday.
He appealed to all leaders and members of the party to stop the madness of trying to take over structures of ADC and control it to the exclusion of so-called opponents.
Lukman said if ADC is to emerge as a strong party capable of defeating the APC in Kaduna state, its leaders must agree to work together, adding that anybody who is not ready to work as part of a united opposition in Kaduna is consciously or unconsciously working for APC.
“I am making this strong appeal with very deep feeling of disappointment that we are recklessly mismanaging an opportunity to provide the needed leadership to our people. In particular, I want to appeal to Mal. Nasir El-Rufai, Mal. Jaafaru Sani and Alh. Bashir Saidu as opposition leaders in Kaduna state to please stop encouraging the madness of aspiring candidates seeking to take over structures of ADC to the exclusion of so-called opponents.
“…May I therefore appeal to Mal. Nasir and all our leaders to please seek to unite all of us. It is only if we are united in ADC that we can be able to unite our people in the state to defeat the APC in 2027.
“We must bear in mind, it is not just about defeating APC but more about producing a government controlled by our party (ADC) based on collective leadership.
“We need to put an end to the era when we produce emperors as Governors. Anything short of producing a Government managed by collective leadership under ADC will be unacceptable,” Lukman stated.
