North-Central Vanguard for Social Justice (NCVSJ) has condemned moves to frustrate the region from reclaiming the seat of national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
NCVSJ in a statement issued in Jos by its chairman, Silas Ibrahim, said from the onset it was a grave injustice to have allowed the incumbent national chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, to step in after the exit of Senator Abdullahi Adamu, who is from the North Central.
“It is an act of injustice and undemocratic to have taken the chairmanship away from the zone to the North West. With this, the zoning arrangement in place in the party has been altered and the North-Central schemed out of the equation.
“The North-Central is a strong political base of the APC; we recall that the people voted overwhelmingly for the party during the 2023 presidential and governorship elections. At the moment the party is in full control of five out of the six states in the geopolitical zone; it deserves fair treatment from the leadership of the party,” the group said.
The group chided some political figures in the zone who recently endorsed Ganduje to continue as national chairman, adding that they were simply pursuing personal interests not in accordance with the collective position of other party members in the zone.
“It is just too early to rock the boat after the 2023 general elections; members of the party in the North-Central want the chairmanship seat back to the geopolitical zone for the sake of equity, justice, and fairness.
“The North West already has the deputy senate president and speaker of the House of Representatives positions. Politics is about equity, fairness and justice,” they added.
The group urged President Bola Tinubu and other stakeholders to intervene and ensure that justice prevails in the matter, adding that this would give the North-Central a sense of belonging and a rightful place in the party.