The Arewa Support Group for Senator George Akume for the position of National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says the party needs a leader free from corrupt allegations.
The group’s National.Chairman Joseph Maiwada and North-East Zonal Secretary Aisami Maimato stated this in Bauchi over the weekend at the end of their meeting.
They advised the APC to elect Senator George Akume as its national chairman because he is one of the few among the aspirants that has no corruption allegations against his name.
“If a person with corrupt allegations is elected one day the anti-graft agencies may pick him at the national secretariat of the party and he may become a national disgrace and embrassment to the party.
But if a person free from corrupt allegations is elected, the integrity of the party will remain intact, he will ensure ,justice, fairness aming APC members.”
They said they have gone far in canvassing votes for the serving Minister of Special Duties and Inter-governmental Affairs to become the next national chairman of the party because he has all it takes to reform the party and address all its internal problems.
Joseph said Akume is a man of the people, a politician who knows his worth and friendly to everyone across the country.
On his part, Aisami said “Akume, who started his career as a civil servant, a two-term Governor of Benue State, a three-term Senator, and now Minister is the right candidate to lead the APC to its desired position of power.”
They described Akume as a child of destiny that has been tested and trusted both at the grassroots and State levels to deliver the mandate of APC.
“We are calling on all APC card-carrying members across the country to support George Akume ahead of the 2022 APC National Convention so that he will continue to bring more innovative ideas for the benefit of the party and Nigerians,” they said.
