Governors of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, have called an emergency
meeting to seek ways of reuniting the
ruling party that is threatened by a
major crisis over the choice of new
leaders for the Senate and the House of
Representatives.
PREMIUM TIMES confirmed at the
national secretariat of the APC that the
meeting was called by the chairman of
the APC governors’ Forum and Governor
of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha.
A source at the secretariat said the
meeting would hold by 5p.m. Monday at
the Imo state governors lodge in Asokoro
Abuja.
The source said the meeting would
discuss how to find a solution to the
crisis generated by the election of a new
Senate President and Speaker.
The APC had conducted a mock election
to elect candidate for the two offices on
Saturday and Messrs. Ahmed Lawan
from Yobe and Femi Gbajabiamila were
elected as Senate President and Speaker
of the House respectively.
However, the two main challengers to
the posts, Bukola Saraki and Yakubu
Dogara, who are also members of the
party, boycotted the election and
rejected its outcome.
They also vowed to defy the party and
seek for the mandate of their colleagues
in an election billed for Tuesday.
The APC national secretary, Mai Mala
Buni had on Sunday issued a statement
urging Messrs. Saraki and Dogara to
abide by the decision of the party.
The two contenders rejected the plea by
the party leadership and vowed to
challenge the party’s candidates on
Tuesday.
Osinbanjo meets with Reps elect
Meanwhile, PREMIUM TIMES
understands that after several failed
attempts by the party leadership to
persuade Messrs Saraki and Dogara to
drop their ambitions, Vice President
Yemi Osinbajo has decided to wade into
the matter.
One of the lawmakers loyal to Mr.
Dogara confirmed that the Vice President
had invited all members to a meeting,
even as he said they would boycott it.
“We received text messages from the
party informing us of a meeting with the
Vice President today; however, we see no
difference between the Vice President
and those trying to impose leaders on
the House of Representatives, so we
would not be attending,” he said.
PREMIUM TIMES understands the
meeting is already underway and
Senators-elect are also attending

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