President Muhammadu Buhari gave the order for Governor Mala Buni to be shoved aside as the All Progressives Congress (APC) interim national chairman, one of the party’s governors said
The governor said Mr Buhari, influenced by some APC governors, had no choice but to order Mr Buni’s removal following the endless crises and turbulence in the governing party ahead of its national convention slated for March 26.
He was also alleged to be hatching a plot, backed by three governors, to frustrate the convention where new leadership of the party would be elected.
Many Nigerians were shocked when reports of the replacement of Mr Buni by another governor surfaced on Monday. Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State, also a member of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), was on Sunday night, appointed to steer the affairs of the ruling party.
On Monday morning, Mr Bello made a dramatic entry into the party’s national secretariat in Abuja to preside over the caretaker committee meeting. He, thereafter, administered the oath of office on the controversially elected state chairmen of the party.
Although it was not clear what his mission was, Our reporter noticed that the Niger State governor, upon arrival at the secretariat, parked his official car on the exact spot reserved for the national chairman of the party.
The parking space is never occupied when the national chairman is not at the secretariat.
Addressing journalists before meeting with the APC Zoning Committee, Mr Bello did not expressly admit that Mr Buni had been removed but merely said he had been acting as the caretaker committee chairman “since” the Yobe governor travelled out of the country for medical attention.
“I have been acting for a while since the chairman travelled,” he said, adding that he had the approval of Mr Buhari.
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