The Chairman of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Mai Mala Buni, has met with Niger State Governor Abubakar Bello, who acted as the leader of the party in his absence.
Both governors met at the Yobe Governor’s Lodge in Abuja on Thursday after Governor Buni returned to the country from a medical trip, amid reports of a leadership tussle in the party.
Governor Buni, however, insisted that the actions of the party, led by Governor Bello, stood, reiterating an earlier statement he issued clarifying that no decision taken in his absence has been overturned.
Asked why the Secretary of the APC CECPC Senator John James Akpanudeodehe was not at the meeting, Governor Buni said it was not a formal meeting.
He added that Senator Akpanudoedehe was at his house earlier.
Governor Bello on his part said that while he was acting national chairman of the party, a lot of progress was made towards holding the national convention.
Governor Buni and Bello’s meeting comes after reports of a rift within the APC leadership had emerged last week.
There had been speculations that Governor Buni was planning to postpone the APC convention for the umpteenth time.
The convention has been postponed more than once since Buni, who is also the Governor of Yobe State, was appointed caretaker Chairman.
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