The National Leader of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, party,
Bola Tinubu, has begun mending
relationship with his former
political enemies.
APC’s leadership crisis has turned a
once cordial relationship Tinubu
had with President Buhari into a
sour one.
The crisis began before the 2015
general elections but became full-
blown after Buhari was sworn in as
president.
The feud was largely kept under
cover until the Ondo State
governorship primaries blew off the
lid.
But pro-Tinubu elements within the
party and other sympathizers have
vowed to resist any attempt to
humiliate Tinubu
A chieftain of the party in Osun
State, said, “This is the beginning of
the end of the APC. The party will
shatter into smithereens.
“We know the political leader of the
South-West and that person is
unmistakably Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
“They are envious of Tinubu’s
achievements, but they don’t have
Tinubu’s clout.
“None of those scrambling to wear
Tinubu’s shoes have the clout to do
so.
“They may even send the DSS after
him. Asiwaju knows that they may
come for him,” the source said.
Another reconciliatory move
between Tinubu and the Ondo State
Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko is
ongoing.
Some Yoruba leaders had
volunteered to broker a truce
between Tinubu and Mimiko. Recall
that both of them went for war
during Mimiko’s re-election bid.
Osun State Governor, Rauf
Aregbesola, a staunch Tinubu
loyalist, is said to be the arrowhead
of the move to reconcile Tinubu and
Mimiko.
Another source told this news house
that “Asiwaju has realized that they
are ready to go to war with him so
he is consolidating.
“This is not a time to hold on to past
wounds and we are glad Yoruba
elders who were critical of Tinubu
before are rallying round him.
“They now understand that this is a
South-West matter. It is beyond our
national leader.
“Don’t forget what Pa Ayo Adebanjo
said; he said any insult to Asiwaju is
an insult to the Yoruba race and
Adebanjo is not known to be
flippant in his choice of words.”
Also, a former leader of Afenifere,
told our correspondent in
confidence that Tinubu had
reconciled with some Yoruba
leaders.
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