That unwarranted attack on the SGF

This is expressing our dissatisfaction at the seeming penchant for unwarranted attacks on the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa and we wonder how the loss of a polling unit in an election could amount to anti-party activity on the part of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha.

It is known that the loss of a polling unit to the opposition in any election is not a yardstick to lose an election, it has been seen in several elections where a politician loses his polling unit, and at the end of the collation of results, emerges the winner.

The point must also be made that the SGF in his position cannot be accused of not being supportive of the party in his ward nor is he disloyal to the party because of the loss by a numerative margin in his polling unit in the just concluded presidential and governorship elections did not deny the party its deserved victory.

Unfortunately, a prophet is not recognised in his hometown. We believe that if there is any person who has kept the APC intact, united and progressive, either at the ward, state, or national level, it is Boss Mustapha who, as the

SGF and a man of integrity, has helped to give the ruling party and government a high level of credibility.

We are all witnesses to the fact that several political leaders, past and present, had at one point or the other lost in their polling units in very crucial elections but still went ahead to win the overall elections with their parties.

We are not aware that such visible political personalities were accused by anyone at any point in time of party disloyalty.

In any case, it is well known that in polling units with political heavyweights, there is always