By Marie-Therese Nanlong

Jos – The North Central All Progressives Congress, APC Forum has tackled another APC group led by the former Senate President, Ameh Ebute, for supporting the endorsement of the embattled National Chairman of the Party, Abdullahi Ganduje, ahead of the Party’s National Executive Council, NEC meeting.

Ebute’s group, under the auspice of the North Central APC Elders Forum, had on Monday commended the Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, for backing Ganduje and also drummed support for Ganduje but the North Central APC forum chided the group, saying those endorsing Ganduje are greedy.

Recall the NEC meeting of the Party is slated for September 12 and some stakeholders in the North Central region want the position of the National Chairman of the Party to be returned to the North Central zone.

The North Central APC Forum in a statement issued in Jos, Plateau State on Tuesday and signed by the Forum’s Chairman, Saleh Zazzaga said “The desperation of the dark forces of the North Central region is already showing through their greed and insensitivity in betraying the region in terms of the position of the National Chairmanship position of the Party.”

His words, “The North Central region will not be deterred by the action of the few betrayers, and will not compromise anything or stop at nothing to clinch back the National Chairmanship position of the APC which has been arranged by the Party to be in the region after the resignation of the former National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, who is from Nasarawa State, North Central region.

“Therefore, the endorsement of Ganduje on Monday by a former President of the Senate, Ameh Ebute, who claims to be representing some APC elders from the Central zone for Ganduje to remain as the Party’s National Chairman is laughable and inconsequential.

“The endorsement which comes four days after the North Central Governors’ Forum, led by the Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, who also endorsed Ganduje is only showing the selfishness of some of the people from the region who are only doing things for their interest and not in the interest of the region and its people.

“This is because there is no way someone or a group will claim to be from a region and at the same time will be doing things inimical to the progress and interest of the region.”

He added, “Ebute is a lone ranger traversing his lonely political space with no company whatsoever. He is just an indigent stooge, clearly speaking the words of his paymasters to betray his geopolitical zone for a paltry bowl of porridge.

“And as for Governor Sule, we have already addressed him over the weekend, and everyone can see his betrayal tendencies and selfish moves. We are giving him one week to apologize to the people of North Central for his action; otherwise, we will begin to mobilize our Party faithful and supporters against him for his betrayal.

“In all, we urge everyone to check our Forum out; we have been consistently pushing for the interest and progress of the APC as well as the North Central region for years now through our actions, and our support for Tinubu has always been evident before, during and after the 2023 election; and not the few hurriedly recruited people who are just coming out to work against the interest of the region ahead of the forthcoming NEC meeting of the Party.”