Buhari urges APC Governors to tolerate Buni , since he cannot be removed for now

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Committee be allowed to proceed with all necessary preparations to hold the convention as planned- unfailingly on 26th March, 2022.”

Buhari said the issue of the leadership of the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Committee (CECC) should immediately return to status quo ante;

This was contained in a  statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) Femi Adesina.

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The statement said in a letter written by the president to the Chairman of Progressive Congress Forum and Kebbi State Governor, Buhari told the APC governors that since attempts to remove Mai Mala have failed, it was better to allow him exit the office quietly without running into trouble with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

“All members of the Governors Forum and their followers should desist from any behaviour or utterance that will likely lead to disunity  in the ranks of the party, and ultimately jeorpadise the transition to the convention,’’ the statement said.

Solacebase reports that the situation is the first open confirmation of earlier reports that President Buhari had approved Buni’s removal as the chairman of the party’s Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) before traveling to the United Kingdom on medical leave.

FULL TEXT OF THE STATEMENT

PRESIDENT BUHARI BACKS BUNI-LED CECC; DIRECTS APC GOVERNORS TO STOP FURTHER UTTERANCES THAT LEAD TO DISUNITY

President Muhammadu Buhari has once again intervened in the uncertainties currently rocking the All progressives Congress, APC.

In a letter personally signed by him, addressed to Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State who is also the Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum, President Buhari said the multiplicity of cases currently rocking the party has the prospect of invalidating the activities and actions of the Party by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The letter which was also copied to the Chairman of Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Committee (CECC), the Acting Chairman of the CECC, Governor Sani Bello, the Director General of the DSS as well as the Inspector General of Police, the President said that since the party could not change the leadership of the CECC without infringing on the time limit set by INEC, and the fact that the current uncertainties and controversies “pose a real threat to the party,” he has therefore directed as follows:

“The issue of the leadership of the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Committee (CECC) should immediately return to status quo ante;

“All members of the Governors Forum and their followers should desist from any behaviour or utterance that will likely lead to disunity  in the ranks of the party, and ultimately jeorpadise the transition to the convention;

“The Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Committee should accordingly be allowed to proceed with all necessary preparations to hold the convention as planned- unfailingly on 26th March, 2022.”

Femi Adesina

Special Adviser to the President

(Media & Publicity)

March 16, 2022