LEADERSHIP - ANDREW OJIH writes on the recent intervention of the national leadership in the internal wranglings affecting the party in Taraba State .
The congresses of the All Progressives Congress ( APC ) in Taraba State have come and gone but the ripples it caused are yet to settle . The congresses in the North - east state was characterised by pockets of controversies , much like other states.
The outcome of the congresses resulted in the emergence of factions causing some key stakeholders to tinker with seeking refuge under other political platforms , a situation which threatens the party ’ s quest to capture power from ruling Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP ) in the state .
The two APC chairmen that emerged from the dispute are special advisers to the Speaker of the House of Representatives , Yakubu Dogara , on Legislative Matters, Barrister Tukur Ibrahim El - Sudi and the former state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP ) , Alhaji Abdulmumuni Vaki .
Prior to the congress , the party had been split into three groups , the Unity Forum , headed by the former acting Governor , Alhaji Garba Umar; the Neutral group , led by the former governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party ( SDP ) , Chief David Sabo Kente , and the third group controlled by the incumbent minister of Women Affairs , Senator Aisha Jumai Alhassan .
Both the Unity Forum and the Neutral group, which comprised the party leader in the state , Senator Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf , two former deputy governors , Alhaji Uba Maigeri and Abubakar Sani Danladi , former Minister of Labour and Productivity , Senator Joel Danlami Ikenya , Engineer Ahmed Yusuf , Aaron Atimas , among others, came together to press for the success of the exercise as conducted by their camp .
Interestingly , 12 out of the 13 persons presently aspiring for the 2019 governorship seat on the APC platform also belong to two groups , which united before the conduct of the congresses.
The rival group is led by the 2015 governorship candidate and serving minister, Senator Jumai Alhassan . In her team however are all the members of the party in the State House of Assembly , members of the state in the House of Representatives and host of other political juggernauts from the state .