Atiku and Buhari
The need to further consult and
calm frayed nerves has been adduced as reasons why the leadership of the
All Progressives Congress shelved a meeting scheduled to hold in Abuja
on Tuesday.
It was learnt that some of the party
leaders, who were still aggrieved on the outcome of the National
Assembly leadership elections, are yet to agree to sit on the roundtable
with individuals they claimed stabbed them in the back.
A member of the party caucus, who spoke
on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue,
said, “You expect me to sit with people, who for their selfish
interests, connived with the opposition to deny our party what is due to
it?
“We
need time for the wounds to heal. You must also understand that the
comment of Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, which is in the papers today, has
not helped matters.”
It was further learnt that as part of
the consultations before a wider meeting would be called, President
Muhammadu Buhari met with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; APC’s
National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun; and the Nasarawa State
Governor, Alhaji Tanko Al-Makura, at his private residence in Abuja on
Thursday.
When contacted, the National Publicity
Secretary of APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, denied knowledge of any scheduled
caucus or Board of Trustees meeting.
He told The PUNCH, “I am not
aware of any meeting scheduled for Abuja today (Tuesday); I only know
that the Governors Forum is meeting tomorrow (Wednesday).
Al-Makura had, on Sunday, told newsmen
in Lafia, that party leaders would meet in Abuja on Tuesday to
deliberate on the challenges facing the party.
Copyright PUNCH.
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