APC Convention: Tinubu, Osinbajo, Southwest Govs at Loggerheads Over National Secretary

 

The crisis in the ruling All Progressives Congress over the zoning of national offices, ahead of the party’s national convention has shifted to the zones State governors are reportedly clashing with other party leaders over who gets what in the proposed arrangement. Multiple sources say the leadership of APC was sharply divided over the micro-zoning of the party.

A report by ThisDay newspaper has indicated that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is at loggerheads with some All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains in the southwest region of the country.

According to the report, Tinubu is opposed to the choice of Senator Iyiola Omisore as the national secretary of the party representing the region. Tinubu is said to be facing opposition from Osinbajo and southwest governors on their choice for APC national secretary. 

Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, Governors Kayode Fayemi, and Dapo Abiodun are said to be backing the candidacy of Omisore while Tinubu has the support of former APC interim chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, in opposing the choice of the former Osun state deputy governor. 

 A source quoted in the report said:  “In the south-west, where the post of national secretary had been zoned, national leader of APC and former governor of Lagos state, Bola Tinubu, was said to be at odds with the vice president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, as well as Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state and Ogun state governor, Dapo Abiodun over the choice of Senator Iyiola Omisore from Osun State for the position. “APC governors in the zone were said to have settled for Omisore for national secretary, “for political strategy,” but Tinubu and former national chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande, were said to be opposed to the choice.