President Buhari Must Shine His face- Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje

A former factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, now chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has warned that internal crisis in the governing party may lead to its disintegration, if not properly managed.
Baraje also advised President Muhammadu Buhari to rise up to the occasion by addressing some of the knotty issues rocking the party so that it will not be factionalized under his watch.
The APC chieftain, who spoke in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital yesterday while addressing reporters, advised Mr. Buhari to “shine his face” and save the governing party from the hands of a few people, who he said, carry themselves as more important than every other member of the party.
Mr. Baraje, a staunch supporter of embattled Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, lamented that factors that led to the factionalization of the PDP and its eventual collapse were gradually manifesting in the APC.
According to him, impunity, lawlessness and divisive tendencies, which led to the downfall of the former ruling party, now reigned supreme in the APC.
He further stated that the aforementioned vices were being promoted by a few self-centered leaders of the APC and pleaded with President Buhari to start showing more than a passing interest in politics so that the APC would not suffer similar fate that befell the PDP.
Baraje, who expressed dismay at the way and manner the APC was being run, noted that this had resulted in the party losing in many states where rerun elections had taken place.
“Most of the distractions were created by APC itself”, he stated. “For instance, the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, who heads an important arm of government, is not getting the necessary support from the party because a few people think they are more important than others”.