Oyegun Speaks Out After APC Governors Supported Buhari Against His Tenure Elongation

Oyegun Speaks Out After APC Governors Supported Buhari Against His Tenure Elongation

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has spoken out after a meeting of the party’s NWC and state governors.

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While speaking at the All Progressives Congress (APC) headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday after meeting with five governors from the ruling party, the national chairman of the party, John Oyegun, said the party has resolved the issues dividing it.

Gistlover.com had earlier reported that the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Governors were meeting at the party’s headquarters in Abuja.

The APC governors including Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara, Simon Lalong of Plateau, Rochas Okorocha of Imo, Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano, and Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun, had earlier met with President Buhari, where they made known their decision of supporting the president against the extension of Oyegun’s tenure.

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Speaking after today’s party meeting, Oyegun said the ruling party was back in “business as one united family.”

According to TheCable, he said; “Today the governors, NWC decided to sit and look at the issues seemingly dividing us. All the issues you have been completely and totally resolved. We are back in business as one united and happy family.

“I want to say that NEC setup a technical committee. From the minute we called them into session they have worked non-stop with virtually no sleep.”

The chairman said the technical committee set up to look into the tenure extension of party executives across the country would submit its report latest Thursday, adding that the national executive committee (NEC) meeting of the party will hold on Monday.

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He said; “NEC will hold on Monday. The chairman of the committee said his report will be ready by evening it will be placed at NEC for appropriate actions.

“The APC leadership is back as one united and focused party. Strongly behind the president and executives in the states.”