have called for the restructuring of the party along the line
of legacy parties, Vanguard reports.
The former governors were
said to have noted that the
current crisis in the party was
being stoked by a few from
the South-West. They
therefore allegedly plan to
question Asiwaju Bola
Tinubu’s role as national
leader based on claims that
there is no provision for such
in the constitution.
Members of the group were said to have vowed that,
should Tinubu, who many regard as the brain behind the
party’s success at the polls, be allowed into the APC’s
National Executive Council meeting hall, they would also
insist on attending the meeting. They have therefore
decided to gather at the party’s national secretariat in
anticipation of Tinubu’s entry.
The Northern elements and chieftains of the party believed
to be sponsored by former vice president Atiku Abubakar,
were said to be angry that the South West was causing
discord in the party. Atiku has been accused of wanting to
hijack the APC.
The chieftains warned that the crisis in the party arising
from the election of principal officers of the National
Assembly, “was gradually becoming a distraction to the
party and could stall its manifesto of change.”
