Opposition in the opposition: Tinubu appoints his cronies to APC Exco - Ikimi

Chief Tom Ikimi, a pioneer member of the All Progressives Congress has attributed his problems with the party to the tyrannical approach to leadership of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, whom he said threatened “fire and brimstone” if the former Edo State governor, John Odigie-Oyegun, did not emerge as the APC national chairman.

Ikimi describes the Former Lagos State Governor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu method of leadership as tyrant, where the membership of the core caucuses varied from time to time within the realms of his whims and caprice.

 “We on our part have not yet gained national power so we cannot say for certain what we will do should we win the Presidency but in my projection, from current experiences, indicates a rather frightening prospect. May the good Lord spare us the regime of any tyrant.”

Ikimi, a former Foreign Affairs minister, said in statement on his personal letterhead paper on Wednesday, said Tinubu had turned the opposition party into a private property and that some stalwarts of the APC were willing to accede to his whims, which eventually turned the party’s convention last week to a “charade”.

The APC chief, who holds the title of Akinrogun of Ife, added that the party’s governors colluded with the former Lagos State governor to truncate democratic process in the last convention.

Ikimi said, “The Governors and the Tinubu groups decided on a zoning process that was limited only to party offices as well as the choice of individuals to fill them. They proceeded in a manner that was neither open nor transparent. Most undemocratic and bizarre procedures then prevailed.

Everything Ikimi said is what we have known all along about the APC. Its a party that is not democratically structured. Individuals control the balance of power in the party. Officers are appointed and not elected into positions, whether it be Local Councillor or chairman. Its all the same.

PDP may not be the perfect party but APC is definitely not the right party either, not at least with the way they are currently structured.