{"id":141965,"date":"2024-01-22T20:23:39","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T20:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/22\/apcs-disrespect-for-internal-yearningsll-lead-to-its-electoral-funeral-lukman\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T20:23:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T20:23:39","slug":"apcs-disrespect-for-internal-yearningsll-lead-to-its-electoral-funeral-lukman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/22\/apcs-disrespect-for-internal-yearningsll-lead-to-its-electoral-funeral-lukman\/","title":{"rendered":"APC&#8217;s Disrespect For Internal Yearnings&#8217;ll Lead To Its Electoral Funeral \u2014 Lukman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-887110 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot_20230724-074638_Opera-Mini.jpg\" alt=\"Salihu Lukman,\" width=\"1080\" height=\"670\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>A former Vice-Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, has posited that the ruling party is creating opportunity for its electoral defeat.<\/p>\n<p>Lukman, in a Sunday statement, said APC leaders must be reminded that the party would be prone to \u201celectoral funeral\u201d if they do not adhere to calls for leadership change.<\/p>\n<p>According to the chieftain, it was the refusal to listen to internal voices that led to the formation of the new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPainfully, in the process, a party that emerged with so much promise, APC, winning the support of Nigerians is almost destroyed and on a daily basis creating conditions for its own electoral funeral.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs loyal members of the APC, we must remind our leaders that parties become more prone to electoral defeat when they resist or block internal pressures for leadership change.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: Edo 2024: \u2018Nobody Can Stop My Governorship Ambition\u2019 \u2014 APC\u2019s Ize-Iyamu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAPC\u2019s electoral victory in 2015, for instance, could be partly explained based on the refusal of PDP leadership to recognise and respect the yearnings of party members and leaders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the inability to respect internal yearnings for change that produced the splinter group of New PDP, which eventually joined the merger that produced APC in 2013,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He furthered that the likes of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former Edo Governor Adams Oshiomhole, who fought for democracy in the 90s, should ensure that Nigeria\u2019s political parties are truly democratic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing leaders of APC, APC must emerge as a distinctly democratic party based on abiding respect for rule of law, which should be well reflected in a strong commitment to manage affairs of the party based on compliance with provisions of the APC,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything short of this, will diminish the credentials of our leaders, including President Asiwaju Tinubu and Comrade Oshiomhole,\u201d Lukman added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-382325937\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Vice-Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, has posited that the ruling party is creating opportunity for its electoral defeat. Lukman, in a Sunday statement, said APC leaders must be reminded that the party would be prone to \u201celectoral funeral\u201d if they do not adhere to calls for leadership change. 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