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Despite the tension that trailed his initial disengagement as chairman of the All Progressives Congress Caretaker Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (APC-CECPC), Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State can be said to be back as President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly endorsed him to lead the party to its national convention on March 26.
Humbled by the president’s statement and rattled by INEC’s position and other issues, some inner caucus in the presidency had to hurriedly sought audience with President Buhari, who is currently undergoing a medical checkup in the United Kingdom.
It was also learnt that many of the governors who had hitherto lined up behind Niger State Governor, Sani Bello, as replacement for Buni, have made a volte-face with their tails between the legs.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) scuttled the joy of the anti-Buni camp when it rejected a letter inviting it to an emergency meeting of the National Executive Committee of the governing party where Bello’s chairmanship was to be approved.
According to a source, from Buhari’s statement on Saturday, it was clear that he was not backing any candidate for the party’s chairmanship and would not prevent any interested person from running for the office of the President in 2023,”.
