The groups which formed a
coalition known as APCO support group warned the leadership of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) against sabotaging the effort of the presidential
candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as they did to former President Goodluck
Johnathan in 2015.
The convener of the group,
Mr. Amb. Enobong Iyang, popularly known as Don P, threatened to withdraw their
support for Atiku if urgent steps were not taken to address their grievances.
The leaders met in APCO
office in Abuja on Tuesday and deliberated on many issues hindering the
performance of support groups.
They said that the
situation could affect Atiku’s outing in 2019 if not properly managed.
They accused APCO
leadership of lackadaisical attitude and neglecting the effort of support
groups despite all the resources spent and efforts made in promoting Atiku to the
electorate in the last one year.
The groups claimed they had
been using personal resources to mobilise support for Atiku across the 36
state.
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They regretted that in
spite of their efforts, no recognition was accorded to the groups.
They reported that prior to
the Port Harcourt presidential primary election of the party, APCO had 860
support groups and the leadership set up a special committee of seventeen
leaders known as L-17 to vet and trim the groups into a sizeable and manageable
number.
The L-17 committee swung
into action and eventually trimmed the number to 469 authenticated groups and
submitted same to the leadership of APCO but nothing has been done.
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Other prominent leaders of
the groups include the National Coordinator of Atikudom 2019 , who is
Ambassador Enobong Inyang.
Others are National
Coordinator of Democracy Development Network, Mr Godwin Enemona; National Coordinator
of Atiku Global Support Group (AGSG Alhaji Gambo Jagindi and Princess Kemi.
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