APC forum questions Nasarawa gov’s loyalty to Tinubu

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The North-Central All Progressives Congress Forum has called on Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule to stop “playing a double game” and clarify whether he supports President Bola Tinubu or aligns with those opposing him.

The forum in a statement issued by its Chairman, Saleh Zazzaga, on Saturday, criticised recent comments made by Governor Sule regarding the political direction of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change bloc within the APC.

The CPC was one of the political parties that merged to form the APC. Recently, members of the bloc have been courted to join an opposition coalition led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and ex-Kaduna State Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai.

In April, former Nasarawa State Governor Tanko Al-Makura led prominent CPC members in pledging allegiance to Tinubu and the APC, firmly rejecting the opposition coalition. However, former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami countered this position, asserting that only former President Muhammadu Buhari’s camp of the CPC bloc could determine the group’s political direction.

Sule, speaking at a reception in Lafia on May 3,2025, supported Malami’s stance, stating, “There is only one person in this world that can decide for the CPC, and that is our father, Muhammadu Buhari. Nobody speaks for the CPC more than this man. The day he says CPC is with you, then CPC is with you. The day he says CPC is not with you, it is not with you. Because he is the CPC himself. He keeps carrying his 12 million voters along with him everywhere he goes.”

The North-Central APC Forum expressed disappointment at Governor Sule’s comments, which they argued contradict the earlier pledge of allegiance to Tinubu by Al-Makura’s CPC bloc.

The Forum noted that since Al-Makura led key CPC leaders, including former Katsina State Governor Bello Masari, in affirming loyalty to Tinubu, efforts have been made by Buhari’s allies to undermine this endorsement.