Mohammed Shosanya
Comrade Salihu Lukman, has resigned from his position as the National Vice, Northwest of
All Progressives Congress,APC.
He conveyed his action in a letter 3-paragraph letter to the APC Acting National Chairman that he is quitting his role as National Vice Chairman Northwest with immediate effect.
Stating reason for his action, Comrade Lukman posited that the atmosphere in the APC is completely at variance with the founding vision the progressive party.
Comrade Lukman said that he would rather take a time off politics than became a distraction to leaders and especially the young administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
He, however, said that he would retain his membership of the APC in the hope that leaders of the party especially President Tinubu will retract from acts that will be unjust and illegal.
The letter reads: “I hereby kindly resign my position as National Vice Chairman, North-West of our great party, All Progressives Congress (APC). My resignation is with immediate effect, which become necessary given my conviction that the atmosphere in the party is completely at variance with the founding vision of forming a progressive party.
“Rather than remaining in the leadership of the party and become a source of distraction for leaders and especially for the young government of President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, it is better to excuse myself and take time off from politics.
“I will however retain my membership of the party in the hope that our leaders, especially President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubuo mm will retract from acts that will be unjust and illegal, which is crucial to any claim of being democratic or progressive whether as politicians or as patriotic Nigerians.
“I wish to convey my sincerely gratitude to our leaders in Kaduna, especially Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai for finding me worthy of nomination to serve at the highest level of the party’s leadership. | do hope all our leaders will appreciate that | am left with no option in the circumstance.
“| wish the party and all our leaders, especially President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu all the best and will continue to give my modest support towards the success of the party from the background.”
