As if that was not enough, another pro Buni youth group, the Coalition of Progressive Youth groups in Nigerian and the Diaspora (COPY – ND) insisted that there is no faction in the youth of the ruling party
Briefing journalists at the weekend in Abuja, the group described reports of factions and crisis in the All Progressives Congress (APC) national leadership as false and should be discountenanced
The APC youth leaders who spoke in reaction to the activities of the Progressive Youth Movement (PYM) said “their illegal activities have been reported to the Police, Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies.”
Addressing the media in Abuja on behalf of the Youth leaders, Director-General of the Coalition of Progressive Youth Groups in Nigeria and the Diaspora (COPY-ND), Dr. Aminu Abdullahi Isyaku, said the actions and declarations by the disowned Progressive Youth Movement was a part of a grand plot by their sponsors to destabilize the APC National Caretaker Committee under the leadership of Governor Mal Mala Buni and also disrespect President Muhammadu Buhari’s support for the Party’s leadership.
“Our message is simple: The APC is a party of rules and due process and is too critical to the Nigerian Youth, that cannot be distracted by a mere press briefing and reckless announcement of new leadership arbitrarily by a sponsored group that is alien to our coalition and to the Party,” Aminu Abdullahi Isyaku stated.
“We are here today to address the press and our loyal party youth members here and those with us virtually in their respective states in Nigeria and in the Diaspora chapters of the party, in reaction to the recent reckless and fruitless announcements of daylight hijacking, by an unrecognized group, so called Progressive Youth Movement (PYM), against the legally constituted APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee under the leadership of Governor Mai Mala Buni.
We want to set the record straight and calm the anxiety of APC youths, and declare that there are no faction or leadership crises in the All Progressives Congress. We are the ruling party and we have one Caretaker Party leadership in place, led by Governor Mai Mala Buni as appointed unanimously by the National Executive Committee of the Party.
“We are a volunteer coalition that is driven by the concern that we have for the need to correct the negative impression created by the careless actions of the so called PYM, that Nigerian youths in politics are desperate and disrespectful to constituted authorities.
“Accordingly, we have painstakingly analysed the political events in the last few days in the youth constituency of the party and wish to state without ambiguity, that the COPY-ND is not part of this grand plot to distablise the party under the leadership of Governor Mal Mala Buni, and also to disrespect President Muhammadu Buhari’s support for the party’s leadership that he led to put in place.
“Therefore, the so called new leadership announced by this sponsored desperate youth group – PYM does not represent the views of the teeming youths that form the foundation and remain the assets of our great party.
“Our message is simple: The APC is a party of rules and due process and is too critical to the Nigerian Youth, that cannot be distracted by a mere press briefing and reckless announcement of new leadership arbitrarily by a sponsored group that is alien to our coalition and to the Party.”
However the COPY- ND group may have opened another round of crisis in the APC youth wing, when it called out the National Youth leader, Ismail Ahmed, to explain his role in the PYM activities
The COPY – ND Director General, who expressed concerns at the silence of the National Youth leader, who is also a member of the Mai Mala Buni led CECPC in the raging crisis, called for an investigation into his allegation, which he noted is strange
Ishmail is yet to react to the weighty allegation, which may no doubt open another round of crisis within the ranks of the APC
