Uncomfortable with the leadership crisis in Lagos, President Muhammadu Buhari is reported to have invited the leader of APC, Bola Tinubu, to Abuja despite public denials that Tinubu has a rift with Lagos State governor Akinwunmi Ambode
The APC Governors’ Forum is reported to have urged Buhari to appeal to Tinubu not to disgrace one of their own.
The Guardian reported that before the closed-door meeting between both men; the Oba of Lagos, Rilwanu Akiolu; national vice chairman of APC, South West, Chief Pius Akinyelure; and others were said to have expressed concern over the conflict and the effects the quarrel would have on the party’s chances of winning the forthcoming governorship election.
According to sources, President Buhari is optimistic that he can talk Asiwaju Tinubu to back down and allow Governor Ambode run for a second term in office.
The media aide to the national leader, Mr. Tunde Rahman, said he was not aware his principal was summoned to Abuja on the matter.
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“Honestly, I am not aware,” he affirmed. If the governor said there was no rift, it means there is none.”
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is also making frantic efforts to intervene and had travelled to Lagos to meet the governor and Tinubu.
The state chairman of APC, Alhaji Tunde Balogun, assured members that the party would be fair to the three aspirants seeking the governorship position.
