TOWARDS APC NATIONAL CONVENTION: President Buhari Reportedly Directs APC Governors To Support Oshiomhole

The president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari met with the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors on Tuesday, April 24,at the presidential villa, Abuja behind closed doors between 8:30 pm to 11:00 pm. 

Presidency sources told State House correspondents that the president used the opportunity to endorse former governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomhole, for the chairmanship of the party 

The unnamed official, stated that President Buhari had resolved to back Oshiomhole for the party’s chairmanship position. 

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

That’s the purpose of the meeting administration that is the President’s position,” New Telegraph quoted the source as saying. The ruling party had fixed it’s national convention for May 14 in Abuja, where its new National Working Committee members would be elected.

Governors at the meeting included those of Edo, Kogi, Kaduna, Plateau, Adamawa, Zamfara, Imo, Kano, Borno, Niger, Nasarawa, Ogun, Oyo, Jigawa and Kebbi states. 

Before the meeting, the governors have been divided over their support for who emerges as the new APC chairman ahead of the convention. 

It is not clear yet if the party’s current chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, will be seeking re-election at the convention now that the president has resolved to support Oshiomhole’s candidature. 
Oshiomole is generally seen as the candidate of a certain bloc in the party headed by former Lagos state governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.