Buhari meets Atiku, Oyegun over APC crisis

Firstclass newsline gathered that the need to further consult and calm
frayed nerves has been adduced as reasons why the leadership of the
All Progressives Congress shelved a meeting scheduled to hold in Abuja
on Tuesday.
It was learnt that some of the party leaders who were still sore about
the outcome of the National Assembly leadership elections, are yet to
agree to sit on the roundtable with individuals they claimed stabbed
them in the back.
A member of the party caucus who pleaded anonymity because of the
sensitivity of the issue said, "You expect me to sit with people who
for their selfish interests connived with the opposition to deny our
party what is due to it?
"We need time for the wounds to heal. You must also understand that
the comment of Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso which is in the papers today,
has not helped matters."
It was further learnt that as part of the consultations before a wider
meeting would be called, President Muhammadu Buhari met with former
Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the party's National Chairman, Chief
John Odigie-Oyegun, and the Nasarawa State Governor, Alhaji Tanko
Al-Makura, at his private residence in Abuja on Thursday.
When contacted, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed, denied knowledge of any scheduled caucus or Board of
Trustees meeting.
He told a source, "I am not aware of any meeting scheduled for Abuja,
today (Tuesday), I only know that the Governors Forum is meeting
tomorrow (Wednesday).
It will be recalled that Al-Makura had on Sunday told newsmen in
Lafia, that party leaders would meet in Abuja, on Tuesday to
deliberate on the challenges facing the party.
Firstclassnewsline.net