Crack in APC widens: Buhari, Tinubu disagrees on the way forward

Specifically, the sources disclosed that the Friday NEC meeting of the party “brought to the open the seeming centrifugal positions of Mr. President and Asiwaju.” One of the sources added: “At the meeting
between the governors and the warring parties that followed the APC NEC parley, Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, was mandated to chair a committee of three that would come up
with possible resolutions to the crisis.
BUHARI’S POSITION
“It was an open discussion at the NEC meeting that whereas Mr. President has consistently expressed his dissatisfaction at the truncation of the party’s procedure for the emergence of the leaders of the National Assembly, the
position he has since taken has been one of reconciliation and not outright antagonism to the leadership of the National Assembly.
 Tinubu’s
position, which had been misconstrued in many quarters as antagonistic, was merely a reflection of the need to enforce party supremacy at all times.
One of the arrowheads of the Tinubu group told “Asiwaju is not being rigid.
He just believes it is not proper to kick off a Government on a note of disobedience to party
position by members of the National Assembly.
It sends a wrong signal”.
WHAT TINUBU WANTED
Investigations into how the Friday meeting of the APC NEC went the way it did suggest that
whereas Tinubu gave some conditions, those opposed to him ensured that his position did not
hold.
For instance, it was gathered that one of the conditions put forward by the former governor
of Lagos State was that both Senate President
Abubakar Bukola Saraki and Speaker Yakubu
Dogara “should not be invited to the meeting”.
A top APC member privy to the happenings in
the ruling party told Sunday Vanguard: “”The
second condition he put forward was that in
the event that the two leaders of the National
Assembly were invited, they should be made to
commit to an apology letter to the party.”
That way, it was learnt, it would be on record
that both men went against the grain of their
political party.
“Unfortunately”, the top party leader said,
“none of these could be achieved.
“And you should understand. This is a time when
members of the party should engage a cohesive
mode rather than one that would alienate more
members. It is bad enough that we already have
a crisis on our hands. To further entrench
positions would not be in the interest of the
party.”