Buhari Will Resolve APC Crisis – Bagudu
POLITICS DIGEST – The governor of Kebbi State who is the chairman of Progressives Governors Forum, Atiku Bagudu has expressed optimism that President Muhammadu Buhari will resolve the crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He said this in Abuja, after a brief meeting with President Buhari.
Bagudu said the governors met the President to discuss party issues and their position to support peaceful resolution of the crisis in the ruling party. He said the President listened “attentively” to them and gave an assurance that solutions would soon be found to all contentious issues.
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On the protest at the APC National Secretariat on Monday, the governor said they were expressing their views as guaranteed under democratic government. He, however, said that everybody would be taken on board to arrive at a conclusion over the current crisis.
President Buhari had held a closed-door meeting with governors of the party in the State House, Abuja earlier on Monday. Politics Digest gathered that some of those at the meeting were; the Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) and Governor of Kebbi state, Atiku Bagudu; Chairman of Northern Governors Forum, Simon Lalong and Governor of Jigawa state, Abubakar Badaru.
The meeting came after Sunday evening’s meeting between Buhari and the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan. Lawan had hinted that the president would lead a push for settlement of the crisis within the APC. The ruling party is currently going through some crises with its national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, still under suspension. Also, the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has left the ruling party after being disqualified to contest for the party’s primary holding in Benin today, 22 June, 2020.