The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, on Thursday, disclosed that the APC has developed serious internal crisis and that the crisis was festering fast.

This is coming on the heels of the vacuum created in the party by Lai Mohammed’s ascension to the Ministry of Information and Culture and the political tussle that followed thereafter on the replacement of the National Publicity Secretary of the party and other problems faced by the party, including the Bayelsa state APC accusations and Senate President Bukola Saraki’s trial.

Frank, while speaking during a press briefing in Abuja, said that: “If anybody should tell you there’s no division even at the national level, they’re telling lies. I can tell you there are issues; there are very critical issues.”

“The issue of the Senate President is still lingering; nobody is saying anything at the national level, but I tell you, any Nigerian that knows will tell you very clearly that with the body language of our party as of today, if we are not careful, we are going to lose our popularity.”

“It will be a very big disgrace that we have hands that are not competent at the centre to harmonise the aggrieved persons and make us to move forward.”

“So, there is crisis in the party. We have too many divisions right now within the party. So, I won’t be scared to speak; that is my personal opinion and I’ve spoken again and I will continue to speak out.”

“I have nothing to worry about, in a matter of short time, this will come to play out. I spoke of problem in my state, Bayelsa, but people ignored me. I am speaking again, it would happen soon at the national level that these things we are sweeping or hiding have started already.”

Speaking on the issue of the National Publicity secretary of the party, Frank said: “Let me take you back to the issue of acting or not acting, I’m still insisting and making it clear that I’m the acting publicity secretary of APC. I’m saying it without fear or favour. I’m the acting spokesperson of the party.”

“Those persons in the party who do not want me to speak, Nigerians will start asking them questions anytime soon, but I’m on top of my game and I can tell you its not something I have to beg or lobby anybody or beg any chairman who calls himself national chairman.”

“I don’t have any national chairman to beg, I don’t have anybody to lobby to get this position, its automatic except the party wants to portray itself as undemocratic or a party does not follow due process. If this party is a party that follows due process, I don’t need to beg, and that is why I continue to insist I will not beg or lobby anybody.”

Speaking on the accusations of Baysela state APC that a minister bought his ministerial slot, the APC spokesman stated that: “I call on the state party executive to immediately suspend the former governor from the party, while we should go into investigation because if they don’t suspend him, he is going to stall the investigation.”

“Again, I want to make it very clear and boldly that APC is a very credible. President Muhammadu Buhari is a very credible president and we would not allow anybody to soil his image or our party. This party does not sell political office or exchange political office for money.”

“I am making it very clear, the SGF should be very careful in doing his job so that nobody should rope him into trouble or run him into problem because today I expect the SGF to scrutinise any name that is coming from any state, to make his findings and consultations very clearly to know if Mr. A is coming from Bayelsa State or if it is the Bayelsa people want? He should have been able to do his home work.”