The crisis ravaging the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) after the sudden removal of the national chairman of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State by Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State, has escalated, creation fresh tension in the party. The tension has precipitated seeming political pilgrimage by APC governors, including other party stakeholders, to London, the United Kingdom (U.K.) to meet President Muhammadu Buhari, to explain their respective positions.
The tension arose after Governor Buni abandoned his sick bed in UAE to rush to London to appeal to President Buhari to allow him to complete his tenure as APC Caretaker Committee national chairman and conduct the national convention in two weeks.
Governor Buni was said to have appealed to president Buhari to forgive all his shortcomings and allow conduct the national convention.
Meanwhile, APC governors are divided over the CECPC leadership, as Governor Buni battles to resume office on return from Dubai. Governor Bello has sidelined most members of the CECPC in the administration of the APC.
President Buhari was said not to be aware of the intrinsic politicking in the APC CECPC leadership.
Also, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, was said to be opposed to the removal of Governor Buni as APC CECPC chairman and joining forces with other stakeholders to reinstate Buni.
The turmoil in APC is escalating with every turning event in the party.