President Muhammadu Buhari and the Senate President Ahmed Lawan, met at the presidential villa, Abuja to discuss the raging leadership crisis in the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) as well as the worsening insecurity situation in parts of the north.

Lawan told State House correspondents after the meeting that the crisis in the ruling party may be addressed following the discussion as they believed that instability in the governing party can cause disruption in the country.

He hinted that the party would invoke the provisions of its constitutions to address the enduring crisis.

Asked what he discussed with the president, Lawan said: “I also had the opportunity to talk to my president and my leader about the challenges in the APC. I believe that we have to deal with these challenges, this is the ruling party of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, with the president, with the control of the National Assembly, with more governors than any other political party.

“The situation should not, must not be allowed to degenerate further than it has. And I believe that we must go into the constitution of our party and see how we are to address this, but we must not allow this to continue as it is today. Because the stability of APC is the stability of Nigeria.

“This is the party that is running the affairs of this country. So, I believe that we have to sort this out and that will make our work even better and easier when we have a stable party. Because the party is supposed to be part of the apparatus of running government.

“We are supposed to run or operate or implement or execute the manifesto of the party. And therefore the party is so key, so central, so essential to ensuring that government whether on the executive or legislative side, continues to face those issues in the manifesto and of course, the manifesto will be to make Nigeria better.

“So, I had the opportunity to discuss that with the president who is the leader of the party in Nigeria and by the grace of God in the next few days, we will see certain actions will be taken and we are praying that all our leaders in the party across the country will make every possible effort to get the party reconciled.”

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APC Crisis, Lawan Meet Buhari