9 APC govs meet Buhari, fault conduct of primaries

…Right thing must be done – Okorocha
Nine governors of the ruling All progressives Congress (APC) led by Imo State Governor and chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum, Rochas Okorocha, have met behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari to convey their disapproval over the way and manner the party’s primaries was being conducted.

All the governors who met behind closed-doors with the President are believed to have issues with party primaries in their states.

The governors met the President on Thursday in a meeting that lasted about two hours at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Governor Okorocha, who led the governors, said that the leadership of the APC Congress must do the right thing and allow everybody to participate in its ongoing nationwide primaries.

Okorocha said this in a brief interview with State House correspondents after their meeting with President Buhari.

The Imo State governor confirmed that the meeting was about the rancorous party primaries across the country.

He expressed the belief that the party leadership would rescind some of its decision on the matter, saying the APC believes in justice, equity and fairness.

He said: “We came to review the various crises characterising our primaries, with a view to finding solution.

“So, we are looking for a way out in this regard. We are going to find solution; our party believes in justice, equity and fairness.

“We are requesting that let the right thing be done and let everyone contest the elections.”

Apart from Okorocha, other governors who attended the meeting were Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo), Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), Sani Bello (Niger), Simon Lalong (Plateau), Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo), and Tanko Al-Makura (Nasarawa).

The Daily Times recalls that Akeredolu and Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State had, on Wednesday, met the President on the same matter.

At the end of the meeting, the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, who was part of the meeting, led the state governors out of the venue and left the Presidential Villa with them.

After accompanying the governors to where their cars were parked, Abba Kyari also entered his car and was driven out of the premises.