- Despite ongoing crises in the All Progressives Congress (APC), 20 governors on the party’s platform have passed a vote of confidence on its national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun
- They urged the party’s national leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to reconcile any difference he has with Odigie-Oyegun
- Some of the governors are Samuel Ortom (Benue), Kashim Shettima (Borno), Muhammad Badaru (Jigawa), Nasir El-rufai (Kaduna)
Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday, February 25, was passed a vote of confidence by 20 governors on the party’s platform.
The governors reportedly endorsed the party chairman, at a meeting. They also urged the party’s national leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to reconcile any difference he has with Odigie-Oyegun, Leadership reports.
Oyegun's vote of confidence comes a week after Tinubu had accused Odigie-Oyegun of undermining the ongoing reconciliation process in the APC.
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The former Lagos state governor was recently appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari as the chairman of the peace and reconciliation committee.
Tinubu who has a mandate to reconcile all aggrieved persons within the party had alleged in a 7-page letter that the national chairman was sabotaging his efforts.
Odigie-Oyegun denied the allegation of sabotage and promised to give the Tinubu committee all the needed support in ensuring its success in the discharge of its assignment.
The news outlet reported further that the governors “resolved to stand firm behind Oyegun who they lauded for providing the needed leadership for the party”.
The governors who gave their endorsement for the confidence on the national chairman to include Senator Jibrilla Bindow (Adamawa), Abubakar Mohammed (Bauchi), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Kashim Shettima (Borno), Muhammad Badaru (Jigawa), Nasir El-rufai (Kaduna), Umar Ganduje (Kano), Aminu Masari (Katsina), Abubakar Bagudu (Kebbi) and Yahaya Bello (Kogi).
Others are Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara), Tanko Almakura (Nasarawa), Sani Bello (Niger), Simon Lalong (Plateau), Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo), Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo), Ibrahim Gaidam (Yobe) and Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara).
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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had earlier reported that the national caucus of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will meet on Monday, February 26, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja ahead of the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for Tuesday, February 27.
The meeting would receive an interim report from the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led committee on “consultation, reconciliation and confidence - building” that was recently constituted by President Muhammadu Buhari.
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Source: Naija.ng