A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), John Mayaki, has blamed President Muhammadu Buhari for the party’s loss in the Osun State governorship election held on Saturday where incumbent Governor Adegboyega Oyetola was defeated by Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), IgbereTV reports
The Edo State APC stalwart who spoke while addressing party leaders on Sunday at his home in Benin City, accused Buhari over the struggles the party is currently facing and said the President was negligent of the management of party activities and the “suicidal tolerance of anti-party activities within the ranks.”
Mayaki, who was the chairman of the Edo APC Media Council in the state’s 2020 governorship election, however commended the President’s “non-interference through the federal might represented a good development for the country’s democracy” but was indirectly hurting his own party in the process.
“The “I don’t care attitude’ of Mr. President as a party man is doing more harm than good to the APC. The president is the leader of the party and he doesn’t appear concerned if the party collapses under his watch.
“The anti-party activities of top ranking APC members, governors and ministers under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration are to blame for the electoral misfortune of the party in Edo and Osun states
