By Kamil Opeyemi
The National Vice Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Salihu Lukman has tendered his resignation letter on Wednesday. Lukman said the atmosphere in the ruling party is at variance with the desires of the founding fathers of the party. He alleged that there is too much interference in the affairs of the party.
Lukman said he could not continue to maintain his membership of the party and be seen to be agitating.
His letter read, “Your Excellency, I hereby kindly resign my position as National Vice Chairman, North-West of our great party, All Progressives Congress. My resignation is with immediate effect, which becomes necessary given my conviction that the atmosphere in the party is completely at variance with the founding vision of forming a progressive party. “Rather than remaining in the leadership of the party and becoming a source of distraction for leaders and especially for the young government of President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, it is better to excuse myself and take time off from politics. “I will however retain my membership of the party in the hope that our leaders, especially President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will retract from acts that will be unjust and illegal, which is crucial to any claim of being democratic or progressive whether as politicians or as patriotic Nigerians.”