ETSAKO WEST APC STAKEHOLDERS EXPOSE THE TRUE MOTIVE BEHIND THE WARD 11 COMMUNIQUÉ: A DESPERATE COVER FOR HON. LUQMAN MUHAMMED’S LOYALTIES TO ADC AND IT CAUSE
The APC stakeholders of Etsako West reject in full the recent communiqué issued by the Ward 11 faction in Jattu- Uzairue, EtsakoWest LocalGovernment Area of Edo State. A document that stands exposed as nothing more than a desperate smokescreen engineered to shield Hon. Luqman Muhammed from growing scrutiny within the party.
For clarity, the communiqué does not represent the position of genuine APC members with deep insight to lukman’s treachery in Edo politics.
It’s represents a personal battle for survival, driven by an individual whose political loyalty have increasingly come under question.
Hon. Luqman Muhammed Political Allegiance;
APC members across Etsako West can no longer ignore what has become a recurring pattern:
the alleged loyalty of Hon. Luqman Muhammed to his long-time political benefactor, Abubakar Shehu Malami SAN, former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice under President Muhammadu Buhari.
Party members have repeatedly raised concerns that Malami is now widely identified with the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and reportedly pursuing a gubernatorial bid in Kebbi State under the ADC, he remains the political principal to whom Hon. Luqman is unshakably tied.
According to internal reports, it was this same Malami who is alleged to have facilitated Hon. Luqman Muhammed appointment to the EFCC Board during the Buhari administration, cementing a loyalty that appears stronger than his commitment to the APC.
Stakeholders now fear that Hon. Luqman has become the soft landing platform for ADC’s quiet expansionist agenda in Etsako West.
His activities in Jattu Ward 11, structured meetings, engineered communiqués, and coordinated media spins are seen as tactical moves designed to weaken the APC from within.
The sudden attack on the Acting State Chairman, Emperor. Jarrett Tenebe, the Atanakpa of Esanland is viewed as clear evidence of this sinister agenda. The communique’s attempt to pass an indirect No-Confidence vote on the election winning State Chairman is nothing less than a deliberate inside attack orchestrated to destabilize the APC and clear the ground for ADC influence.
Hon Lukman Muhammed is using Ward 11 as a Political Laboratory, APC members are alarmed at the possibility that Ward 11 is now being used as a political experimentation zone, a testing ground for tactics, infiltration, and narrative shaping designed to benefit an opposing structure.
The stakeholders of Etsako West will not sit back and allow the party to be turned into a political playground for ADC sympathizers hiding behind APC identity cards.
His praise of the Governor is a Calculated Move and Not Loyalty.
The sudden and exaggerated praise of the Governor in the communiqué is viewed as nothing but a calculated shield, engineered by Hon. Luqman to protect his lucrative appointment on the Governing Council of Ambrose Alli University and to further secure personal political relevance, and deflect attention from his questionable alignments elsewhere.
The Danger He Poses to APC’s Stability; the continued presence of a politically conflicted figure, one that is characteristically torn between APC and ADC loyalty poses a clear danger to the unity of APC in Uzairue and Etsako by extension, his actions are clear attempt to smear the credibility of the party’s disciplinary structure and the stability of the APC’s electoral future in Etsako West and Edo State at large.
No party can thrive with individuals who speak APC language by day but allegedly advance ADC interests by night.
Stakeholders’ Position: In view of these concerns, APC stakeholders in Etsako West hereby declare:
1. The Ward 11 communiqué is rejected and dismissed as a self-serving political script.
2. Full confidence is reaffirmed in the Acting State Chairman, Emperor Jarrett Tenebe.
3. The State Executive Committee should thoroughly examine the risks his continued membership poses our party and it fortune.
4. The Governor and state leadership must note the danger of retaining individuals allegedly aligned with opposition platforms in sensitive state positions.
We assure the party leadership that APC in Etsako West will not be infiltrated, weakened, or destabilized by covert loyalty masquerading as internal party activism.
We call on the state Chairman to act now before it’s too late.
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