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As Intrigues Persist, Buhari to take Charge of APC
As the pre-national convention intrigues of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) persist, President Muhammadu Buhari has been persuaded to take full charge of the party apparatus, authoritative sources close to the power play in the party have told THISDAY.
The president, who returned to the country from a 12-day working visit to the United Kingdom yesterday, is said to have been convinced that unless he takes firm control of the party, the on-going maneuvers for the control of its leadership by varied tendencies could disintegrate it. It is a situation that may badly injure his ambition for a second presidential run in 2019.
The party has been sharply divided since its February 27 National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting decision, which endorsed the extension of the tenure of the National Working Committee, led by Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, as well as those of the executives at the state, local government and ward levels for one year beyond the June 13 expiry date.
There was a groundswell of opposition to the proposition. Led by the party’s National Leader, Senator Bola Tinubu, those opposed to the tenure extension argued that it was a grave violation of the APC constitution and the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as altered, which stipulate periodic elections for party leadership.
THISDAY, April 22, 2018
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