APC Crisis: El-rufai Threatens Revolt Over Buni’s Leadership, Close Ally Joins Race For PDP Guber Ticket In Ogun

Governor of Kaduna State,  Malam Nasiru El-rufai may be out of the All Progressives Congress (APC), sources confided in WazobiaReporters.

A source said Governor El-rufai has been unhappy over the return of the Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni as the  Chairman of the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) and he is threatening to decamp to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Already, one of the governor’s close ally, Jimi Lawal has joined the governorship race in Ogun State under the PDP.

Last Wednesday, Governor el-Rufai, gave a blow by blow account on why President Muhammadu Buhari moved against Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State as chairman of the caretaker/ extraordinary convention planning committee (CECPC). 
Featuring on the programme on Channels Television, Politics Today, Governor el-Rufai recalled the series of meetings the president held with governors where he issued a directive for the commencement of events that would culminate into APC convention on March 26. 

He said the presidential directive became imperative following ambivalence of the interim leadership on the plans to hold the intraparty exercise meant to elect substantive national officers. el-Rufai noted that the non-committal of the leadership to the plan to hold the convention became more curious when it unilaterally chose the March 26 date for the exercise without carrying along other critical stakeholders, including some of his colleagues. 

The Kaduna State governor, who confirmed that he was authorised by the new APC leadership to shed light on developments in the party on the television, gave a background on the dramatic twist of events, alleging the existence of members of a Fifth Columnist in the party. 

However, this claim was later debunked as it was revealed that President Buhari did not direct the removal of Buni.