President
Muhammadu Buhari has pointedly told a former Governor of Lagos state,
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu that he is not the National Leader of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, as the latter is widely upheld.
THEWILL
gathered that the President made this clarification last Monday while
hosting APC chieftains and members of the National Assembly to a dinner
where the Senate President, Bukola Saraki in observing protocol during a
remark addressed the former Lagos governor as the National Leader of
APC
A
Senator who was at the event confided in our correspondent that
“Buhari, who spoke shortly after Saraki, said; ‘Senator Bola Ahmed
Tinubu, even though the Senate President addressed you as the National
Leader of APC, you are not the national leader of the party. You are one
of the national leaders of the APC.’”
The
source continued that; “when Buhari told Tinubu that he was not ‘the
national leader of the APC’ several APC members from the South-West
roared in protest… but the President didn’t care… He was blunt and firm
in his address.”
Tinubu
started being addressed as the National Leader of the APC in the build
up to the 2015 general elections, owing to what analysts believe is the
role he played in the formation of the party. He however retained the
title after the election to the dissatisfaction of some bigwigs in the
ruling party.TheWILL
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