However form this is announced, it would not come as a surprise to true Nigerian political analyst as we have observed the marriage that birth the All Progressive Party as an oxymoronical ideology. key People’s Democratic Party (PDP) members, the APC has been dubbed the party to be, no doubt.
But if the current internal crisis rocking the party is not promptly addressed, it is very likely to dim the chances of resting powers from the ruling PDP at the national level come 2015.
The major internal crisis rocking the APC, Global Village Extra exclusively gathered, is the seniority and ego battle between two key leaders; Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (Retd).
An impeccable source in the party squealed to Global Village Extra that the ego problem between Tinubu and Buhari started with the decision of the candidates that will represent the APC at different seats during the general elections.
“Aside that, Asiwaju (Tinubu) wanted to contest as President, a seat Buhari has also been eyeing for a long time, so he disagreed. After several arguments and meetings, it was unanimously decided that both of them should step down in order for peace to reign.
“Besides, it was said that the party needs the combination of a Christian and Muslim candidates, preferably from the north. And it was at this point that Buhari insisted that he would contest as president and that Tinubu should nominate the Vice President candidate, but he disagreed,” our source said.
Tinubu was said to have argued that since his defunct ACN party had more prominent members than Buhari’s ex-party, the former should ordinarily dictate the pace, but this was rebuffed by the Retired General.
“This issue has been on for a while, and I can tell you authoritatively that this is why APC is yet to announce its candidates Presidential and VP seats. The nominees that have been made so far have either been disqualified by Tinubu or Buhari, and many members of the party are not happy about that,” the source added.
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