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APC Kicks Against Removal Of Petroleum Corporation’s Boss

The Kaduna State chapter of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nigeria has frowned at President Goodluck Jonathan over what it described as the … Continue reading APC Kicks Against Removal Of Petroleum Corporation’s Boss


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apcThe Kaduna State chapter of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nigeria has frowned at President Goodluck Jonathan over what it described as the ‘unceremonious removal’ of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Andrew Yakubu.

Mr Yakubu was unexpectedly shacked on August 1.

The political party, under the umbrella of APC Justice Forum, said it viewed the removal of the former Group Managing Director as the height of betrayal of the people of Kaduna State, especially, the Southern Kaduna Senatorial District that stood firmly behind the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) since 1999.

‘Party Of Godfatherism’

The Secretary of the Forum, Mr Mohammed Soba, in a statement in Kaduna on Sunday, said the party was aware of a planned rally for President Jonathan which was slated for last Saturday without the involvement of the Vice President Namadi Sambo and the Kaduna State Governor, Mukhtar Yero, noting that the removal of the ex-NNPC boss had further exposed the PDP as a ‘party of godfatherism’.

The statement further read: “The unceremonious removal of Yakubu has exposed the contradictions within the PDP political family in which godfatherism and negative political backstabbing have taken the centre stage against equity, fairness and sense of political decency”.

Mr Sabo, however, stated that no reason was adduced for Yakubu’s removal because none could be justified in view of the fact that Yakubu had one more year for his tenure to expire either by reason of reaching the mandatory 60 years of age or putting in 35 years in service.

He further said that the Kaduna APC chapter’s Justice Forum therefore condemned the premature removal of the son of Kaduna State, Mr Yakubu, which portrays the PDP as unjust and insensitive to the political solidarity and patronage it enjoys from the good people of Southern Kaduna.