S’West Group Urges Sani Musa to Contest APC National Chairmanship Race

• Says politics is about building allies, not enemies

By Oluchi Chibuzor

A South-west pressure group, Lisabi Progressives Union, has prevailed on Senator Mohammed Sani Musa to contest the vacant position of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The National President, Mr. Lukman Adeleke made this call at a news conference in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, saying it decided to tip Musa for the contest after an examination of the candidates who had been linked for the position.

Lukman said as a member of the progressives family, he would Adeleke the party’s resolve to present the best candidates for the presidency in 2023 and for the National chairmanship position.

According to him, it is the right time for the region to shun politics of bitterness and rally around a strong candidate that will bring good governance to the region and the nation.

Adeleke said the group has concluded plans “to support Sani Musa who he described as youth-friendly and a bridge builder across the region.

“We have decided to prevail on Senator Mohammed Sani Musa to contest the Chairmanship position and we will offer him our support at the national convention, because politics is about building allies, not enemies.

“We have examined the portfolio of our party members who have at one point or the other been linked with the chairmanship position and Sani Musa stands out among the rest.

“We are optimistic that Senator Musa will bring hope and restore sanity to our party. He’s young, energetic and competent to unite all our aggrieved members and secure victory for the party in 2023.

“Our aim is to support him fully because we are in sync with his agenda for the party and what the people of Niger State and the North-central has done and still doing for our leader President Muhammadu Buhari since 2015.”

In its entirety, Adeleke condemned calls from certain quarters for the boycott of the 2023 elections, noting that doing so would be counter-productive from achieving their set goals.

He called on the leaders of the various separationist groups in the country to review their stance and sheath their swords in the interest of their people who are at the receiving end of the hardship caused by their actions.

He emphasised that they “are determined to do all they can to unite the party so that the South-west will be acceptable to the generality of the party members to consider giving them the exalted office of the President come 2023.”