Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress exchanged hot words and shouted at one another during last Thursday’s meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, with some of them demanding the removal of party national chairman Adams Oshiomhole; while others insisted on his stay in office, Daily Trust learnt from top party sources at the weekend.

The meeting ended in stalemate and when the governors emerged from the meeting, none of them agreed to speak to newsmen.

Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo and Chief of Staff to the President Mallam Abba Kyari also attended the meeting.

Daily Trust learnt that five governors pushed for Oshiomhole’s immediate removal, saying he had mismanaged the party due to selfish interest and has endangered its future.

They are Kebbi State Governor Atiku Bagudu, who is also chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum; Governor Nasiru el-Rufai of Kaduna; Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau, who is chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum; Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State and Governor Andrew Obaseki of Edo. The latter is in a bitter political quarrel with his predecessor and former godfather, Oshiomhole. He is also up for re-election next year.

On the other hand, governors who supported Oshiomhole included Babagana Zulum of Borno, Sanwo-olu of Lagos, Gboyega Oyetola of Osun, Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano, Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina, Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, Yahaya Bello of Kogi and Engineer Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa.

Among the APC governors that were either not at the meeting or who sat on the fence were Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo, Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, Mohamed Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe, Mohamed Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa and Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara.

The pro-Oshiomhole governors said no meeting of APC governors was held to discuss the matter before Governor Bagudu phoned each one of them on Wednesday night and invited them to the meeting with Buhari on Thursday morning.

Many had to charter planes in order to attend the meeting, they said. Sources told Daily Trust there was a sharp exchange between one governor from the northwest who opposed Oshiomhole and another from the northeast who supported him.

While the former said they were clamouring for the chairman’s sack out of loyalty to President Buhari and his legacy, the latter accused the former of being a late comer to the Buhari camp.

He said he was a Buhari local government coordinator in 2003 when the former was a top anti-Buhari PDP operator. Buhari refused to support and side in the argument, sources said. he instead said he initially supported Oshiomhole to become national chairman because he had a good record both as president of the Nigeria Labour Congress and as Edo State governor.

The president, however. said if party members wanted to remove him, they should follow the normal procedure. One of the governors, who supported Oshiomhole, however added that if Buhari wanted the chairman removed, he should say so and they would support him.

Daily Trust also learnt that when APC state chairmen met with the president over the same issue last Friday, 24 of them indicated support for Oshiomhole to continue as party chairman; while the others either opposed him or sat on the fence. Again there was no consensus at the meeting, Daily Trust learnt.

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/at-meeting-with-buhari-apc-govs-exchange-hot-words-over-oshiomhole.html

Nigerian politics. Always rowdy.

PDP trying to remove Oshiomhole at all cost

Power! Power!!! Power intoxicating governors
If only they can administer their states with this gusto they're fighting themselves with.

Alright

lol..osho has many faults,greedy, high-handedness,brash......but osho always delivers...very rugged.. those oposing him are doing so because he did not support them .only five governors cannot remove Adams,they will need to do better,even the five governors no get levels sef...all in all osho is better than oyegun and secondus put together

KILL YOURSELVES. Who cares Criminals. Tell ur pharaoh to release SOWORE

Anything to make this country great

Unending drama.... Bollywood

Buhari has succeeded in scattering Nigeria nd apc

Shithole party turning this country into shithole


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Fight between two governors from north east and north west, hmmmmmm
See as book haram will start bombing again.

Confusion in the camp of the enemy.

Lol. They're bloody thespians

Make dem kuku help us kill diasef....... E no consyn me

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They are all confused set of animals...

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Nigerian politics is like an old men's game

Confusion

Fvck all 9ja Politicians!

Both PDP and APC chairmen seem to be having problems with sections of their parties.

speechless

The best name for Buhari should be AREA SCATTER......

Oshiomhole is going nowhere. He was elected for a four year term and it is only democratic and fair to allow him complete his tenure. So many of the governors calling for his removal have performed woefully without anybody asking for their removal.

Our political elites need to allow democracy to rule the internal affairs of their parties. Party officials elected for a specific term must be allowed to complete their tenure. It is anti democratic to be pushing for the removal of an elected party chairman midway into his tenure.

They want to remove Oshiomole. How many of them can defeat Saraki alone in an election?

Badaru has problems with Oshiomole cos of Ambode,
El Rufai has issues with Oshiomole cos of NGF Election which Fayemi won,
Obaseki has issues with Oshiomole cos of apparent issues.

People who have never won national elections in their lives fighting someone who defeated Saraki, Kwankwaso, Atiku and other heavyweights not to talk of small ones like Adeleke, Eleka and Co.

Divided house. I have never seen an uncivilized party like this

"Daily Trust learnt from top party sources at the weekend"

unnamed sources? where be their liver & backbone?

and no further info on the minutes of the meeting, especially about helping the masses?

i'm calling b.s. on this article!

rottennaija:
PDP trying to remove Oshiomhole at all cost

So El Rufai is a PDP ?