National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdulahi Adamu and National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore have been accused of squandering the sum of N30 billion realised during the sales of forms for the 2023 elections.
National Vice Chairman, North-west of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman made the allegation in a statement issued Friday.
In the statement titled; ‘Rebuilding the APC to Reform Nigerian Politics: Task Before President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’, Lukman also accused Adamu of running the affairs of the party like a garrison commander has been held under Adamu.
Lukman noted that lower organs of the party such as Zonal Executive Committees, Zonal Congresses, Working Committees, Executive Committees, Congresses at states, local governments and wards suffer the same problems.
He said: “The sad reality is that the APC as constituted today is only a shadow of itself with a National Chairman that is highly unaccountable running affairs of the party more as a garrison commander.
“He relates with his colleagues in the NWC just like his appointees. In their name he meets other leaders of the party and seeks to manipulate party decisions to suit personal vested interests that are only known to him.
“Beyond all these is also a clear case of reckless financial management of the party. With more than N30 billion realised during the sales of forms for the 2023 elections, Sen. Adamu and Sen. Omisore have embarked on spending extravaganza based on their discretionary decisions without any form of budget as required by the APC constitution.
Lukman stressed that with NEC not meeting as required, they give no financial report to anyone, not even to the NWC.
He said having got the NWC around July 2022 to approve the suspension of Directors, they have proceeded to employ new Directors as well as more staff at the National Secretariat without recourse to the Establishment Committee, which is yet to be formed, saying all these have increased the running cost of the party without the approval of NEC.