*Tinubu’s opposition to Afikuyomi’s aspiration divides loyalists Iyobosa Uwugiaren, Adedayo Akinwale and Sunday Aborisade in Abuja
THISDAY gathered that the inability of stakeholders to reconcile the list containing names of preferred aspirants for different party offices had begun to complicate the conflicting interests within APC. Usaman would be slugging it out with Tinubu’s candidate, Senator Iyiola Omisore, Adebayo Shittu from Oyo State, and Ife Oyedele at the convention.
THISDAY also gathered at the weekend that the inability of the party leadership to seamlessly harmonise the convention sub-committees set up by the chairman of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee and the governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, and the erstwhile acting chairman of the committee and governor of Niger State, Abubakar Bello, had stalled the proposed screening of intending candidates for party...
The insider further said Tinubu’s decision to support an aspirant from Ekiti State, against his close ally, Afikuyomi, for the post of Vice Chairman , had further divided his camp. Regardless, sources claimed, Afikuyomi had submitted his form during the week waiting to be screened on Tuesday.A governor, who spoke to THISDAY in confidence and broke down the details of the issues, explained that, “We are looking for candidates. Basically, if they zone some positions to South-south, for instance, all the governors have to agree on how to share.
“We are the ones that would tell our delegates those to vote and if you are not favoured by the governors, nobody would vote for you. Micro-zoning is a really tough issue, but at the end of the day, what we agreed at the micro-zoning level is what each state will take to the national that will form part of the unity list to be voted on.”
However, a highly placed member of the party told THISDAY that there would be harmonisation of lists, compulsorily, before the commencement of the screening of aspirants. The screening of aspirants was also supposed to commence yesterday at NICON Luxury, but sources close to the committee told THISDAY the screening exercise had been postponed.
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