The All Progressives Congress has dissociated itself from the recent legal action taken by Charles Enya, one of its members in Ebonyi State, seeking a third term for the president and governors.
Despite the President’s recent statement that he would not make the mistake of seeking for a third term in office, many Nigerians especially on social media continued to believe that there was a plot for the president to stay in office beyond 2023.
The legal action taken by Mr Enya has further fuelled the suspicion.
But APC in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu, said there was no third term plan for President Buhari, saying Mr Enya’s action was mostly sponsored by “the desperate and misguided opposition”.
He noted that the “opposition’s” aim was to test the already announced resolution of President Buhari-led administration on the alleged third term agenda.
It threatened to expel Mr Enya and others who bring up the issue of third term in the party.
“The party is, however, by this statement sending a strong signal to such other busybodies like Charles Enya who may be contemplating testing the resolve of our government on our mission to work for the best for our country to be ready to face the law.
“We would follow this new enemy of our country, who is most likely being sponsored by the desperate and misguided opposition, every step of the way, using all legal means to thwart his devilish efforts to create chaos in our country.
“As a party, we would not take kindly to anyone or group causing unnecessary distraction for this administration through anti-democratic actions. As a country, we are several years behind where we ought to be. The President Buhari-led administration is focused on the onerous responsibility of delivering good governance. We are focused on revamping our moribund infrastructure, growing the economy, fighting corruption, creating the right environment for our teeming youths to deploy their creative energies, and providing adequate security for all of our people.
“We have tried to find out the status of this character claiming to be a member of our party. If he turns out to be our member, we would ensure the party organ that has the responsibility to act on this matter promptly commence the process of expelling him. We are a progressive party and we do not have space for anti-democratic forces and charlatans,” the party said.
