Gov. Buni, Malami to meet Buhari in UK over APC leadership crisis
The Chairman APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) Honourable Mai Mala Buni, will be in London to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari.
Sources said that Buni, who was expected to return home on Wednesday from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he went for medical checkup, will now meet Buhari in London.
“He will now travel to London to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari on the situation in the party,” a source revealed.
Similarly, it was revealed that the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami (SAN), had arrived in London to meet with the President.
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Ahead of his London trip, there was a leak of the letter written by Buni, that faults Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s narratives on how the chairman of Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) was removed.
A source revealed that the APC stakeholders will meet in London to resolve the party’s leadership crisis with facts and figures.
“Instead of coming home, Buni is going to London to state his own side of the crisis in the party and hear from the President on whether or not he directed his removal from office. He has also gone there with facts and figures on the situation of the party.
“He has insisted that no verbal or written directive was given to him by the President. So he cannot depend on third party information. He wants to know his fate directly from the President.
“I think Buni and his backers have succeeded in breaking some protocol barriers to see the President, who has been under pressure to hear the other side to the APC crisis.
“Buni confided in some governors and few loyalists that he would clarify a few things in London, including court injunction to halt the convention and defiance of presidential directives on the reform of the party.” The source stated.
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In Buni’s letter, the Yobe State governor legally handed over the affairs of the party to Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello before travelling out.
In the letter, dated February 28, Buni directed Governor Bello to act in his absence as the chairman of CECPC.
A copy of the letter was sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and members of CECPC.
The letter reads: “This is to please inform you that I will be embarking on a medical trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from today, 28th February, 2022.
“In my absence, I hereby transmit the functions of my office as the National Chairman of the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) to you.
“This is to enable the committee conclude all arrangements leading to the National Convention slated for March 26th, 2022 and other duties that may be required of the office.
“I invite all members to cooperate with Governor Abubakar Sani Bello by extending to him all the support that I have enjoyed from you.
“Please do accept the assurances of my best regards.”
However, Sani Bello denied receiving any transfer of authority letter from Buni. Speaking to reporters at the secretariat in Abuja, Sani Bello simply said: “I have not seen it.”
An aide to Buni, who spoke in confidence, said, “Buni couldn’t have been removed by anybody or a group of governors because his letter was explicit. He followed due process and nominated Bello to act for him”.
