Buhari Dumps Oyegun, Seeks Support For Oshiomole.
24th April, 2018

Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday evening met with state governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress.

The meeting was held behind closed doors inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

According to a Presidency official who spoke with reporters on the condition of anonymity, the sole item on the agenda of the meeting was how the state governor will work towards the emergence of a former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, as the party’s next national chairman.

The party’s national convention where new members of the party’s National Working Committee will emerge has been slated for
May 14 in Abuja.

It is not clear yet if the party’s current chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, will be seeking re-election at the convention but the President has resolved to support Oshiomhole’s candidature.

The president called this meeting with the governors to ask them to back Oshiomhole’s candidature.

That’s the purpose of the meeting, that is the President’s position,” the Presidency source said.

The APC had decided to retain the current zoning formula for its national offices.

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Buhari Dumps Oyegun, Seeks Support For Oshiomole