Buhari is reason for APC still being intact – Minister

Tom Okpe, Abuja

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Uguru Usani has said that the presence of President Muhammadu Buhari in the All Progressives Congress (APC) is the reason why the party is still together.

He also said the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole cannot suspend him from the party, lamenting the way the party affairs are presently run, adding that it will lead to its disintegration.

Speaking with journalists at his office on Tuesday in Abuja, the minister said where the managers of the system violate their own rules, anarchy is on the loose.

“When the managers of the system violate their own rules, then it means the anarchy does not allow the institution to stand and then you can see what the APC is today.

“The President’s image is what keeps the party standing as if there is a form of party, otherwise by conduct, we have lost every value of the fabrication of the initial concept which brought honour to our party.

“I have the privilege of speaking out because further silence in the face of falsehood in the market would suggest that I am guilty,” he stated.

Reacting to allegations of anti-party activities and his reported suspension from the party by its national leadership, Usani said: “I am not on suspension.

My ward chairman said I am his member. My ward secretary said my membership is intact. Did I register here in Abuja? So, how could they have suspended me in Abuja?”,

The minister who was flanked by the state chairman of the party, Etim John and other officials said the allegations against him were not new.