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Pumped from successful caucus meeting, Sen Ibrahim declares that APC’ll rule Nigeria ‘above 20’ yrs

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Former governor of Yobe State, Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim, has boasted that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would continue to control the reins of power in the country for “anything above 20” years.

Ibrahim said, “Some people thought that we had planned to kick out our National Chairman and that we will be having problems, but none of these things happened.

“It is a big party re-union and we are all happy. This party is going to conquer Nigeria political space for a very long time to come. I don’t want to predict any number of years, but anything above 20, there is no need to have any fear at all.”

Senator Ibrahim has been in the news in recent times for controversial reasons. He had been involved in a sex scandal that featured an unflattering video that went viral. He also recently boasted that he would die in the Senate.

This was as the Chairman of Nigeria’s Governors Forum (NGF) and Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, also declared that some of the detractors of the APC who had hoped that the party would have a fractious caucus meeting were disappointed that the meeting ended free of animosity.

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The two spoke leaders after the APC Caucus meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the New Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, which held under closed doors on Monday night.

The Caucus meeting was attended by President Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the leadership of the National Assembly, Governors and Ministers elected on the platform of the party and party Chieftains from different parts of the country, Senator Ibrahim said that those who had expected that the National Chairman of the party Chief John Odigie-Oyegun would be kicked out were disappointed.

The National Chairman of the party, Chief Odigie-Oyegun said the calm atmosphere at the caucus meeting was an indication that “The APC is alive, the APC is strong, the APC is going to go places.”

On his part, the NGF chairman said, “This meeting shows our unity in the party, it shows our strength and shows our commitment to the party and to Nigerians.

“Some other people are now waiting to hear a bombshell that we will have some sort of crisis because it has taken time without having this kind of meeting.

“The second one, since the assumption of this administration, but one thing they should understand that when we came in to this administration, we came with huge hope from the people and we met a serious problem in place which we are trying to galvanize to put it to the NEC and work for the people of Nigeria.”

He said that the peaceful atmosphere was evidence that the party was ready to serve Nigerians.
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State said that “The take away in this particular caucus meeting is unity of our party, strength of our party, leadership of our party under the wisdom and fatherly role of our President Muhammadu

Buhari and under the able leadership of His Excellency Chief John Odigie-Oyegun APC is strong, APC is the party today and APC is delivering on her mandate.”

 

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