Borno, Yobe’ll decide APC national scribe – Ajiya

All Progressives Congress (APC) North-east zonal secretary, Abubakar Sadiq Ajiya, has said the vacuum of the national secretary of the party would be taken seriously.

He said the seat which was zoned to Borno and Yobe states became vacant following the emergence of Mai Mala Buni as Yobe state governor during the March 9 general elections.

Ajiya, who spoke with newsmen in Abuja amid claims that there is no crisis in the party over who becomes the rightful candidate, said the two states have the right to produce a candidate as the position has been zoned to them.

He said the party was well accustomed to the kind of leadership it wants, hence there is no need to rush into decisions that are inimical to the stability of the party.

The zonal secretary said; “We are not going to vote somebody blindly. So the party is well accustomed to what sort of leadership we want to emerge and the people who are interested are doing their best to sell their ideas and the change mantra they want to see prevail within the party.

“So, people should have nothing to worry. There is no crisis whatsoever. What we have is a gap of communication and I’m pleased to tell you that as family members, that seat is limited to Borno and Yobe and key stakeholders from those places would meet to settle it between themselves.”

“It’s not a question whereby you just appoint. Once they sit, perhaps next week Monday, they will reach an agreement because of the time it has taken. I cannot pre-empt anything now. One of the key players is abroad. Once they meet, they will settle it within themselves.”

He added that Yobe rightly has an interest to see that someone from the  state takes over following Governor Buni’s resignation from the position, whereas Borno also has Bulama Waziri,  who is very capable and who has been a politician known to the party, having contested the  same position in the 2018 national convention.

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