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Eleven Governors of the northern extraction have snubbed President Muhammadu Buhari over his choice of Senate President as standard-bearer of the APC.
TheNewsGuru com, (TNG) reports Abdullahi Adamu’s adoption of Lawan as consensus candidate is against the position of 11 APC northern Governors, who endorsed that power must shift to the South after President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure.
Adamu had told the National Working Committee that he arrived at the choice of Lawan after consultation with President Buhari.
This development is not going down well with the eleven Governors who vowed to challenge the position of Buhari and Adamu.
To this effect, the governors vowed to meet today to take a common position on the next line of action.
This is also as Governor of Kogi, Yaya Bello had earlier on stormed out of Buhari’s meeting declaring that he was going to address a world press conference on the issue.
Other aspirants including Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Dr. Kayode Fayemi and David Umahi, among others will however be allowed to contest the primary at the convention holding tomorrow at the Eagle Square, Abuja.
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state a major aspirant rejected the move and insisted other aspirants must be given a level playing ground to compete.
Yahaya Bello who was seen angrily storming out of the venue of the APC governors meeting vowed to address the press on the development.
Adamu’s adoption of Lawan as consensus candidate is against the position of 11 APC northern Governors, who endorsed that power must shift to the South after President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure.
Adamu told the National Working Committee that he arrived at the choice of Lawan after consultation with President Buhari.
All the signals of an imminent implosion in the ruling APC are beginning to come to bear.