National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Adamu has called for an end to supremacy and ego battles between governors and their predecessors.
Adamu who called for unity among party chieftains, said the party must have the courage not to pay lip service about it.
According to him, serving governors of our party in their various states are the leaders of the party and this is in line with our party’s constitution.
“The former governors must recognise that the party structure must be respected. Our party’s constitution makes no room for two party leaders in a state. There is no reason to compete with serving governors for the leadership of the party.
“The lack of unity in our party is such that no one can pretend not to be unaware as it was the efforts to unite this party that led the previous caretaker committee to set up a reconciliation committee to find lasting peace.
“I know Mr President is not unmindful of what happened to PDP in 2014/2015. Our party is not immune to a similar fate should it conduct itself in such a way that continues to undermine the legacy of the founding fathers to build this party.
“I was the chairman of the reconciliation committee and came out of the assignment fully conversant of the problems.
“The battle is a battle for supremacy between serving state governors and their predecessors in office. It is a crisis fueled by ego. So ego is the enemy.
“Ego between former and serving governors. Ego has turned them into bitter enemies. Because of the ego, the two groups are putting our party in jeopardy and the effect will be in the polls next year.
“The serving governors and past governors are powerful men; all of them are in their own right in their states. But, when two elephants fight, the grass suffers.
“Similarly, when two powerful politicians fight, the party suffers. The speech and actions of these owerful men will bring a filthy and odious stench to our party.”
