To further placate the national leader of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, most forces in the party may have decided to influence his emergence as the chairman, Board
of Trustees, BoT of the party, Saturday Vanguard
gathered yesterday.
The party is due for the constitution of its BoT on
June 20, 2015 following the rectification of the
process by the party’s National Working
Committee, NWC, last week.
Tinubu who is a big brain behind the formation of
APC by the four defunct political parties- Action
Congress of Nigeria, ACN, the Congress for
Progressive Change, CPC, All Nigerian People’s
Party, ANPP, and a faction of the All Progressives
Grand Alliance, APGA- now known as legacy
parties, apparently lost out in the power game
when his candidates for the Senate Presidency
and the Speakership of the House of
Representatives were defeated at the National
Assembly leadership election.
Speaking in confidence to Saturday Vanguard in
Abuja, a party source revealed that the odds
favour Tinubu even though a former Vice
President, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku is said to be
angling for the portfolio.
“He is not likely to contest the position with
anyone else. Many people want him for the
office”, the source said.
But even with this, it was also learnt that many
people may not be comfortable with Tinubu
occupying the office.
They fear that he may use the office to attack
most members of the NWC among whom are the
National Chairman of the party, Chief John
Oyegun, the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki
and Speaker, House of Representatives, Barrister
Yakubu Dogara whose relationship with him has
gone awry following the National Assembly
leadership election.
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