Other APC presidential aspirants team up against Buhari comes 2019

All may not be well with the All Progressives
Congress, APC, at the moment as four of the
presidential aspirants of the party comprising:
Atiku Abubakar, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Rochas
Okorocha and Sam Nda- Isaiah have petitioned
the national leadership of the party, questioning
the rationale behind the choice of Lagos for
the December 11 APC National Convention.
The four had met last week to review
development in the party and the direction at
which the party’s National Convention is
headed. From the meeting, it was learnt that
the aspirants feel that the choice of Lagos was
to give Buhari an edge over other aspirants.
They also kicked against the list of delegates
from Lagos State.
Buhari was the only one out of the aspirants
who refused to sign the petition. His co-
contenders for the party’s ticket stipulated
conditions on the way forward, the first of
which was that any list of delegates from non-
constitutionally recognized councils should be
rejected.
The second was that the national convention of
the party scheduled for December 10 and 11 be
held in Benin City against Lagos or in the
alternative, the date should be brought forward
to the original date of December 7 and 8, and
hold at the Eagle Square, Abuja.
According to New Telegraph, the petition was
submitted to the National Chairman of the
party, Chief John Odigie- Oyegun, on Saturday
at his Asokoro, Abuja residence. Odigie-Oyegun
confirmed the receipt of the petition when the
newspaper sought his view on the issue last
night.
The party leadership, said to be worried by the
dispositions of the aspirants, scheduled an
emergency meeting of the National Working
Committee (NWC) for 7pm yesterday and
another meeting for 9am today. From last
night’s meeting, an informed source revealed
that the party leadership has succumbed to the
wishes of the presidential aspirants by moving
the national convention to Benin City still on
December 10 and 11.
According to the national chairman, the party
would do everything possible to satisfy the
presidential aspirants, stressing that, “We want
to make sure that they are thoroughly satisfied
in every way so that they would be satisfied at
the convention. They have their representatives
who were nominated into the Convention
Planning Committee. We want to do everything
to ensure that they are totally satisfied with
the fairness and transparency of the
convention. They said they are not happy with
Lagos and we have moved to Benin.”