A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano state, Abdulmajid Danbilki Commander, has criticized the National Leader of the party, Bola Tinubu of trying to impose his will towards the determination of the leadership of the National Assembly.
Commander, who is a staunch supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari, alleged that Tinubu was dictating the tune of northern politics and the affairs of the All Progressives Congress (APC) through his current move to get a set of NASS leadership.
This was contained in a statement issued on Monday, April 8 by the APC chieftain which explained why it is necessary for northern politicians to detach themselves from acceding to Tinubu’s dictatorial tendency of making notable northern politicians subservient to his whims and caprices.
He alleged that APC had greatly suffered under Tinubu’s capricious design, saying “Tinubu as a politician has forgotten the way and manner the northern part of the country fought some maverick politicians to a stand-still.
“Affirming that it would be foolhardy for politicians in the north to play second fiddle in the present democratic dispensation, I wondered why northern politicians should allow Tinubu to dictate the tune of northern politics at the expense of those who had fought tooth and nail in making the APC formidable positing that the rot that had permeated the party in the past as a result of leadership crisis could be partly attributed to his dictatorial permutations,” he stated.
He pointed out that in an ideal democratic setting, the will of an individual must not be allowed to surpass the collective interest of those having a stake in the polity.
Commenting on the present tussle for the leadership of the upper and lower chambers of the National Assembly, the APC chieftain, however, stated that the will of the majority must be allowed to prevail against the primordial interest of certain individuals stressing that imposing leaders on the two legislative chambers at the instance of Tinibu would be counter-productive.
