A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Kingsley Wenenda Wali, has disclosed the reason why top ranking members of the party are leaving the party.
He said the multiple resignations came because some persons could no longer stay where they are being choked from succeeding, Leadership reports.
Wali, who is also the national leader of Unity House Foundation, said that those who dumped the party were tired of the fact that the leadership of the party revolved around four persons.
The chieftain wondered why one person, who is holding a government appointment, will still double as the leader of the party in the local government area.
According to him, “So if we begin to have a situation where people are thinking that the party is being run like a bank, of a chief executive and four executive directors, it is significant to know that four is a critical number in APC.
“Because, if you listen to Celestine Akpobari when he left, he made some statements about a particular group of people who are like the party revolves around them. Whatever comes to the party goes to the four of them.
“It might be an attempt by the leader to develop a succession plan but I don’t think I agree with that kind of scenario where whatever comes go to certain people. Fortunately for me, I am not an appointment-seeking person, I am not a political office-seeking person. I am free to speak my mind.
“For example, you have a situation where somebody is the leader of the local government, somebody is the candidate of the party in the local government, the same person is a national delegate, the same person has a government appointment.
“So, you begin to ask yourself, what about people from that local government? Or are you saying there are no other people who can actually protect the interest of the leader in that local government?
“So, these are kinds of things that suffocate people; that choke people and rather than being choked, they move and fix themselves somewhere. Some went back to their houses, their business, or another political party.”
