- Pledges loyalty to APC
- Says fanning embers of disunity must stop
Some disenchanted members of Kaduna Restoration Group (KRG) today announced a new faction of the Group.
The new faction led by Honourable Awwal Aliyu Tafoki as Chairman and Mohammed Lawak Shehu popularly known as Molash ,Secretary said the decision to dump the Alhaji Tijjani Ramalan Kaduna Restoration Group was informed by the need to restore the group to its founding ideals .
Addressing journalists at African Continental Hotel,Kaduna , the newly elected Chairman said the new leadership intends to use politics as a tool for development of Kaduna State .
He however ,informed that arrangements have been concluded to initiate a genuine process of reconciliation between members of the group and APC led government in Kaduna State .
Tafoki, who emphasised that fanning embers of disunity in Kaduna APC must stop forthwith, assured ,” We shall Insha Allah henceforth work towards the success of our party , the APC in the forthcoming general elections “
Speaking on why the disenchanted members dumped the Tijjani Ramalan led KRG, he said , ” Lot of water has passed under the bridge in the last one year. The big questions remain: What is the ultimate goal of the Kaduna Restoration Group?What is the effect of the Kaduna Restoration Group’s activities on our great party, the APC?
“In our attempt to answer these questions, we came to the conclusion that the behaviour and utterances of the senior politicians that dragged us into the group ,show that their goals are different from the ideals that were advertised to us.
“They were using the group to pursue personal agendas. They were using it for
incitement and deliberate attempts to cause disunity and destabilise the state”.
Read full text of the address read the new Chairman ,Hon. Awwal Aliyu Fatoki .
KADUNA RESTORATION GROUP PLEDGES LOYALTY TO APC
LEADERSHIP
Address by the newly elected chairman of Kaduna Restoration Group, Hon,
Awwal Aliyu Tafoki. 1st June, 2018.
Gentlemen of the press:
You may wish to recall that the APC led government came into power as a result
of the massive rejection of the the then ruling party at the polls. Nigerians saw
the APC as an alternative, viable platform to the 16 years of maladministration and philandering of the country’s resources that characterised the PDP led government.
Regrettably, few years into the government of change, intra party squabbles led to the formation of splinter group such as the Kaduna Restoration Group,which we joined in our belief that it was meant to help uphold the ideals and programmes of the APC.
A lot of water has passed under the bridge in the last one year. The big questions remain: What is the ultimate goal of the Kaduna Restoration Group?
What is the effect of the Kaduna Restoration Group’s activities on our great party, the APC?
In our attempt to answer these questions, we came to the conclusion that the behaviour and utterances of the senior politicians that dragged us into the group ,show that their goals are different from the ideals that were advertised to us.
They were using the group to pursue personal agendas. They were using it for
incitement and deliberate attempts to cause disunity and destabilise the state.
We have come to the sad realisation that we were being misled into undermining our party and the government that it produced.
We regret that as the government was working to implement the APC manifesto some of our leaders failed to give it necessary support.
Instead they tried to mobilise pubic disaffection against the government. And as loyal party men, we can no loner be in the same group with persons that have been expelled from the APC for any party activities and hobnobbing with the opposition.
In view of the foregoing, we decided to effect a change in the leadership. of the Kaduna Restoration Group to restore the group to its founding ideals I am pleased to announce that Mohammed Lawal Shehu popularly known as Molash is the new Secretary of the Kaduna Restoration Group, with my humble self as chairman.
The new leadership intends to use politics as a tool for the development of our dear state. We will not work with unscrupulous politicians to cause chaos in the political landscape of Kadyna State. We also intend to initiate a genuine process of reconciliation between members of our group and the APC led government in Kaduna state. The fanning of embers of disunity in the Kaduna
APC must stop forthwith. We shall, Insha Allah, henceforth work towards the success of our party, the APC in the forthcoming general elections
Long live the APC.
Long live Kaduna State.
Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Thank you and God bless.
Awwal Aliyu Tafoki
Restoration Group
Chairman
