APC Youth and Solidarity Forum has moved for the resignation of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, before primaries.
According to the group, this would ensure fairness and give every candidate a level playing field ahead of the exercise.
Malami, Amaechi and other appointees under President Muhammadu Buhari’s government have recently signified interest to contest various elective positions in the country.
This prompted calls for their resignations to ensure they do not use their positions in government to their advantage and detriment of other contestants.
While reinforcing that call on Wednesday during a rally in front of the APC headquarters in Abuja, the youth group insisted that the ruling party was not the property of any individual.
Led by their Convener, Tobias Ogbeh, the group said non-resignation of such persons before the primaries could jeopardise the outcome of the exercise.
He said, “The last time we checked, the APC is not a personal property of a select few. Many of us in various capacities indeed contributed to the development and growth of the party over the years. It is insulting to our sensibilities when some persons whose contributions to the party can be counted with their fingertips are pushing the party towards the brink.
“It is no longer news that the general elections in 2023 are well underway. As such, it behoves that the party should be adequately prepared at this point but we are worried that all is not well within the party with regards to the provisions in Section 84(12) of the elections, which states that: no political appointee at any level shall be a voting delegate or be voted for at the convention or congress of any political party for the purpose of the nomination of candidates for any election.
“As we all know, the Electoral Act has been passed into law and one wonders why political appointees in government that have indicated an interest in contesting elective p