The internal crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State has taken a dramatic twist, as a prominent stakeholder group has openly faulted the conduct of the party’s recent primary elections while vehemently rejecting attempts to pin the state’s wave of defections on former Governor Senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura.
The pushback comes on the heels of mounting tension between state party leadership and loyalist camps, exposing deep-seated fractures within the ruling party’s structural machinery.
- Dissecting the Mass Defections: Analysts and party defenders have dismissed narratives suggesting that covert actions by Al-Makura are driving members away. Instead, the group underscored that the bleeding of members is a direct consequence of a deeply flawed and exclusionary primary process that left aspirants and ordinary card-carrying members disenfranchised.
- Flawed Processes Under Fire: Critics argue that when internal electoral mechanisms lack transparency and are widely perceived as pre-determined, resentment and loss of confidence naturally follow, making tokenistic blame-shifting ineffective.
- The Call for Real Reconciliation: As regional stakeholders trade blame over the state of the party, pressure is intensifying on national and state leadership to address structural grievances head-on rather than manufacturing external scapegoats, ensuring the party can patch its house before the general elections.
