The crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has continued unabated with the Zonal Women Leaders of the party and elected female national APC officers passing vote of no confidence in the leadership of the National Women Leader of the party, Dr. Beta Edu.
The APC women in a letter dated July 14th and addressed to President Bola Tinubu, said it was worrisome that at this infancy stage of the administration of President Bola Tinubu which needs all hands to be on deck that the women leadership of the party was already experiencing division and seclusion in representation which has been the pattern of the National Woman Leader since her emergence.
To this end, the APC women rejected Edu’s leadership in strong terms because she has failed in managing the affairs of the women in the party.
The letter was signed by APC Deputy National Treasurer, Omorede Osifo; APC National Ex-Officio South-West, Hon. Olubunmi Oroniowow; APC National Ex-Officio, North-Central, Hon. Oluwatoyi Opawoye; APC Zonal Women Leader, North-Central, Zahra Audi;
APC Zonal Women leader South-East, Mimi Diyiokeh; APC Zonal Women leader, Osuth-west, Yetunde Adesanya; APC Zonal Women leader North East, Zainab Alman; APC Zonal Women leader, South-south, Cynthia Prince will; and APC Zonal Women leader, North-west, Hadiza Shagari.
The APC women pointed out that throughout the electioneering, Edu worked in isolation without a synergy with her colleagues’ National Women officials of the party and the Zonal Women leaders.
They added that they individually devised means and strategies to galvanize and mobilize support for the party in their various states and travelled to almost all States campaigning with Mr President with their personal funds and resources because they were highly committed to the Renewed hope project and which they are glad to be part of the success story of today.
They said: “Without deviating from the essence of this subject, it is very pertinent we express our total displeasure and concern over the misrepresentation and self-aggrandizement of the National Woman leader, Dr. Beta Edu visit to the Presidential Villa on the 13th of July,2023.
“We wish to state categorically and in strong terms that her visit to the Presidential Villa was a mis-representation as she in no way represents the elected National Women Officials and Zonal Women Leaders of the party as against the news making the rounds.
“We were totally unaware of her Presidential visit and no due information nor notification were given to us the Women she claimed to represent during her visit.”
The APC women stated that it was disheartening that Edu could label her visit to Mr. President to be the representation of National Stakeholders and Zonal Women leaders even without them knowing and not in attendance during the visit.
They added: “It is in strong terms that we reject her leadership because she has failed in managing the affairs of the women in the party.”
They stated: “We want Mr President to know that most women paraded by Dr Betta Edu were mostly fake. Authentic and democratically elected national officers who are even National Executive Council Members, all Zonal women leaders, the three women senators and fifteen female House of Representatives members and a host of other relevant women leaders and stakeholders were replaced by fake women in the visit to the President.
“We hereby reject the leadership of Dr Betta Edu and unanimously pass a vote of no confidence on her and whatever she represents.”
The APC women appealed to Tinubu to use his good office to grant audience to the elected national female executives and zonal women leaders of the party for all-inclusiveness.
