Less than 24 hours to resumption from a two-week break after the 11th June inauguration, cracks seemed to have appeared within the caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the House of Representatives over alleged zoning of the remaining principal offices.
According to a National Assembly source, the party leadership is said to have zoned House Leader’s position to Kano with the contest between Aminu Suleiman and Alhassan Ado Doguwa.
Also, it was gathered other principal officers picked include Deputy Leader Nkeiruka Onyejeocha (Southeast); Chief Whip Peter Akpatason (South-South) and Mohammad Monguno (Northeast).
However, the decision of the party on the principal officers has not gone down well with some members.
“This is already creating serious crisis within our caucus (APC) because the issue of fairness and equity and reward for loyalty is not lost on us, that’s what our Party stands for.
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“For instance, look at what Monguno is being rewarded with, despite all his efforts to keep the party going in the House.
“Monguno is a fifth term member of the House. He always obey party directives in the House in spite of all the intimidation to be given the position of Deputy Chief Whip to serve under a second/third term member doesn’t look like justice to me.
“This is someone that was picked by the party to be the Deputy Speaker in 2015 alongside the current Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, who was picked to be the Number 4 Citizen four years ago,” the source, who pleaded not to be named, said.
Some APC lawmakers from the Northeast argued the position of Chief Whip should not go to Edo State as it would appear the APC National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole, who is from the same State as Akpatason used his influence to foist him (Akpatason) on the caucus.
“It is not out of place if Northeast lawmakers wondered why South South that has only about six APC members in the House would be favoured to take the position of Chief Whip against the Northeast, which has over 33 APC Reps.