{"id":92548,"date":"2022-03-07T17:53:26","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T16:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=92548"},"modified":"2022-03-07T17:53:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T16:53:26","slug":"apc-crisis-buhari-governors-behind-me-as-acting-chairman-says-niger-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/apc-crisis-buhari-governors-behind-me-as-acting-chairman-says-niger-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"APC Crisis: Buhari, Governors behind me as acting chairman &#8211; Says Niger Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8230; Buni still in charge &#8211; Akpanudoedehe<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A day after All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, President Muhammadu Buhari embarked on a health vacation to United Kingdom, fresh crisis has erupted in the party with Governor Sani Bello of Niger State assuming the leadership of the party om acting capacity claiming the support of the president and the governors of the party.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the development, Gov. Bello is expected to take charge of the ruling party pending the March 26 convention in place of his Yobe counterpart, Governor Mai Mala Buni, who has been presiding over the affairs of the ruling party since the exit of Adams Oshiomhole two years ago.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shortly after taking over, Bello received a report of the party\u2019s zoning committee ahead of the convention.<\/p>\n<p>The zoning committee was constituted last week with Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq as chairman.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Gboyega Akosile, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, disclosed this on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBreaking: Kwara State Governor @RealAARahman has submitted the report of the @OfficialAPCNg Zoning Committee in line with the deadline set by the party ahead of its National Convention. The report was received on behalf of the party by Gov. Abubakar Sanni Bello,\u201d his tweet read.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nState governors present during the event held at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja, were; Yahaya Bello (Kogi), Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Hope Uzodinma (Imo), among others.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nIn an interview with newsmen after the event, the Niger State governor said his role at the party\u2019s national secretariat has President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s blessing.<\/p>\n<p>He said he would be coming to the party\u2019s national secretariat \u201calmost everyday\u201d to discharge his duties.<\/p>\n<p>On why security was beefed up at the party\u2019s national secretariat, he said, \u201cWell, every time there is a major event, we beef up security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we have a major event and all the chairmen came in, so they are to maintain law and order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of my colleagues are here to support me to receive the report. You know the zoning committee report is a very important one. And all the governors here are here to support me. Now, at the zonal level, they can go and do their work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of the APC Caretaker Committee, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, in a chat with newsmen said Gov.Buni was on a medical trip and that he will resume his office when he returns from his vacation.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an earlier statement issued, Sen. Akpanudoedehe said, \u201cOur attention has been drawn to sponsored media reports on an imaginary leadership change in the APC- CECPC<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cThe media report is fake news and should be disregarded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe APC is a progressive political party guided by rules. Leadership changes are not announced by \u2018sources\u2019 through name dropping in the media.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe urge our teeming supporters, members and indeed the general public to remain calm and support the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led APC CECPC conduct a rancour-free and credible National Convention deserving of our great party.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; Buni still in charge &#8211; Akpanudoedehe A day after All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, President Muhammadu Buhari embarked on a health vacation to United Kingdom, fresh crisis has erupted&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>APC Crisis: Buhari, Governors behind me as acting chairman - Says Niger Governor - Pointblank News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/apc-crisis-buhari-governors-behind-me-as-acting-chairman-says-niger-governor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"APC Crisis: Buhari, Governors behind me as acting chairman - Says Niger Governor - Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#8230; 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