APC crisis: Gov Bello in fresh trouble as party Senators deny knowledge of Buni’s removal  

Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State may be facing fresh trouble after his overthrow of Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee last Monday. This is coming as the APC senators in the National Assembly have declared that they are not aware Governor Buni has been removed as the party’s Caretaker Committee national chairman.

Senator Smart Adeyemi had disclosed that APC senators in the National Assembly had no knowledge that President Muhammadu Buhari approved the removal of the APC Caretaker Committee Chairman, Governor Mai Mala Buni. The senator maintained that the senators were aware Buni wrote a letter transmitting power to Bello while he was traveling to UAE for medical vacation.

Senator Adeyemi was cited to have declared: “There was a letter written by Mai Mala Buni saying that he was travelling. And in that letter, he did transmit power to the Governor of Niger State.

“As far as we are concerned in the Senate, we are not aware that Mr. President gave a marching order to the acting Chairman to vacate his office.

“It is just a game. Mai Mala Buni performed excellently well, he brought in seasoned people, Governors, former Generals, statesmen, he brought them back to the APC.

“So today, the APC is more formidable. In fact, we owe him some level of gratitude.

“Buni came when there was a crisis in the APC, when the APC was almost collapsing. And he has succeeded in putting the party together. And consolidated the party, and we are cruising to victory.”