October 12, (THEWILL) – The All Progressive Congress (APC) national women leader, Dr Betta Edu, has stated reasons her name wasn’t on the list of her party’s women’s campaign team.
Aisha Buhari, the grand patron of the women’s presidential campaign team released the lists of its members a few days ago.
Oluremi Tinubu, the senator representing Lagos central, and Nana Shettima, wife of the APC vice-presidential candidate, were listed as chairman and co-chairman respectively, while Zainab Ibrahim, the APC deputy national women leader, is among those chosen to coordinate activities in states not controlled by the APC.
Following the development, the All Progressives Congress support group (APCSG), a group within the party, had claimed that Edu was excluded from the list.
However, Edu made clarification about the list on Tuesday. According to her, her job is to supervise activities for the presidential campaign.
“It is really very simple and straight. I am Dr Betta Edu and I am the APC national women leader, the number one woman in APC — the ruling party, the largest party in Africa.
“And so, it would be abnormal to have my name in any list under other persons who would definitely, should ordinarily, be under me, in the party.
“So, really, my role is actually supervisory. Anything that has to do with women, their mobilisation, their engagements, whatever it is, I am supposed to spearhead all of it. So, this is just a support team for the main campaign which will be unveiled soon.
“Remember, this is the women’s presidential campaign team. It’s not the council. So, all of these are all under the APC as a party. We are the vehicles, then we have passengers that drive”, she stated.
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