The President-elect, General Muhammadu
Buhari (retd) and National Chairman of All
Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John
Odigie-Oyegun, are to meet today to resolve
simmering issues on the zoning of principal
offices in the National Assembly and the
incoming government, sources close to the
party have said.

The meeting is in the wake of fresh intrigues in
the party that have led to the realignment of
geo-political caucuses within and outside the
National Assembly.

South-West’s move
In the most remarkable development over the
weekend, the influential South-West caucus of
the party, led by an influential opinion
moulder, was said to have dumped the Senate
presidency aspirations of Senator George
Akume from Benue State in favour of Senator
Ahmed Lawan from Yobe State.
The move, it was gathered, was on the premise
of safeguarding the South-West’s aspiration
of enthroning outgoing Minority Leader of the
House, Femi Gbajabiamila, as Speaker.

The move to dump Akume, Vanguard learned,
was meant to checkmate the speakership
aspiration of Yakubu Dogara from Bauchi
State in the North-East. The move by the
South-West Caucus, Vanguard learned, was
upon the formidable threat of the Northern
House caucus to throw up Dogara, a popular
member of the House, as the Speaker.

Dogara is said to have received almost a
unanimous support from the about 200-strong
Northern caucus of members-elect.
By siding the North-East to produce the
Senate President, South-West caucus would
automatically have blocked the region from
also producing the Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
The move leaves the position solely for
Gbajabiamila, who according to inside
sources, has already received the endorsement
of party leader, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, for the
top job.

Edging out North-Central

However, the move by the South-West APC
caucus is being resisted within and outside
the region by other forces.
Buhari, according to one source, was also said
not to be pleased with the development as it
could leave the number one and three top
positions in the government in the hands of
the far north, edging out the North-Central.

A source privy to the ongoing development
told Vanguard last night that associates of the
President-elect are troubled that having the
President and the Senate President from the
far north could throw up old assumptions that
Buhari and the people of the far north are
inconsiderate of the feelings of North-Central.
“This is the first time that Buhari is getting
strong support from the North-Central and it
would throw up old and buried assumptions
that Buhari and the people of the core North
always want to use the Northern minorities for
political gains,” a source in APC, privy to the
development, said...

Akume, Saraki supporters pleased

Buhari’s consideration of the North-Central
for the office of Senate President, it was
learned, had thrown a spanner into the works
of the South-West to team up with the North-
East for the Senate Presidency.
Campaigners for the two leading North-
Central senators in the contest, Akume and
Bukola Saraki, were said to be pleased with
the seeming intervention from Buhari, it was
learned last night...

The President-elect and Odigie-Oyegun are
also expected to have a few party leaders in
the meeting to break the impasse.
Party sources, while trying to play down the
gathering tension, are nevertheless eager to
resolve the impasse in line with the injunction
of the outgoing governor of Kano State, Rabiu
Kwankwanso.

. www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/buhari-odigie-oyegun-to-meet-as-fresh-intrigues-cloud-zoning/

I thought APC was different ...and had no zoning
I thought APC said they will stop state of origin


pls choose men based on performance not tribe

#saynotostateoforigin#

I wonder what these pdp people and newspaper wont print, trying to create non exitence panic. Its pdp existence thats threatned nt apc's. U guys with okupe said they cant last a year, next they cant conduct the presidential primary without breaking, next vp ticket would split them, next they would crumble! Today they are the next federal govt. Whatelse, u have to realise apc has a strong mechanism that binds them together in internal democracy. With big boys like atiku, tinubu, amechi, kwankwaso, bisi akande etc all in one team without rancour speaks volumes of how they all knw the role to play. The senate ticket is just a piece of case, as they would all embrace after everything. Its normal for delibrations, postpönment, meetings to decide in a big organisation like apc, even family do not take decisions without that, in all apc remains one big united family. Ever wonder why the pdp defectors in apc who left pdp to seek justice never argue or feel shortchanged. Its cos apc has a strong internal democracy, and disunity only exist in saTANic minds

Tinubu trying to bring the Speaker and Senate president to be checkmating the president. I think APC should be very careful and the North Central deserves the Senate President since they don't have any high ranking executive post in the government.

I am lovin this display of 'Change'!

hello change the changer!

Political intrigues

good