Why Tinubu boycotted the APC National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting.
It was very strange seeing the pictures from the APC National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting,and not seeing National party chairman Bola Tinubu present.I don't think i have ever heard of such thing happen in Nigerian politics.It's like the bride not being present on her wedding day.The APC is surely in a turmoil,Saraki broke protocol in quest for power,John Oyegun National chairman accused of bribe,Buhari yet to announce ministers,and Tinubu National leader boycotts NEC meeting,all happening in less than 2 months after voted in power!
I bet Tinubu did not bargain for this when his party won the elections.He must have thought
all the years of being an opposition fighting leader was now gonna bear fruits.To see a spanner thrown into the works so early in APC's reign is a shock that must be given the Asiwaju sleepless nights.
More facts have however emerged on why former Lagos State governor Bola Tinubu, and former governor of Osun State Chief Bisi Akande boycotted the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party yesterday. A member of the National Working Committee (NWC) who was at the meeting said the former Lagos State governor was aware that there were plans to humiliate him and his henchmen.
“Tinubu knew that some people were prepared to fight him. He would have been humiliated by some people”, the official said.
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| Chief Bisi Akande,boycotted APC NEC meeting along with Tinubu. |
“Those who were to humiliate him were on ground but his absence saved the day”, the APC chieftain added.He stated that the party leadership, sensing how rancorous the meeting may be , tinkered with the idea of barring journalists from covering it.
According to him, the earlier plans were that photojournalists would be given five to 10 minutes to take pictures of the opening session and leave the scene. He said
“we tinkered with the plans of barring journalists from covering the event. We knew that anything could happen but we didn’t want to be ridiculed in the public.”
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| Senate Leader Bukola Saraki-broke APC protocol in quest for power. |
He said “the President’s men refused to buy into the campaign that the National Chairman was compromised by Saraki. They didn’t see any evidence to that effect. Rather they believe that those who want him out were angry that that their agenda of encircling the president failed.
“They were angry that Oyegun was called up at 4am by forces from Lagos to do a dirty job. They even dropped the name of the President in all those dirty jobs. Instead of apologising to Mr President for lying with his name they are insisting that the National Chairman must go.”
He said the party should be “happy that PDP did not elect one of its own senate president. Saraki saved the party because there was nothing we would have done if they had elected one of their own as senate president. They formed a quorum, we were lucky that it did not go into their head to elect one of their own as senate president. And the mistake was because somebody in his desperation to have everything lied that the President called a meeting and took our lawmakers to a place they were not supposed to be.”
On the side of Atiku’s loyalists, it was gathered that they were against the removal of Oyegun because they were determined to cut Tinubu to size.
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| Chairman of APC John Odigie Oyegun-alleged to have taken bribe from Saraki. |
He continued “both Buhari’s men and that of Atiku worked together to save Oyegun. However, I don’t think the fight is over, it may be the beginning”.
Source: The Sun