- Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno is leading a committee to reconcile aggrieved members of the APC in the south west
- Shettima with some members of the committee met with the vice president of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo
- The committee says it will send invitations to the aggrieved members of the party ahead of sittings in Lagos and two other south west states
The governor of Borno state, Kashim Shettima, has met with the nation’s vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, as moves to reconcile aggrieved members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the south western region of Nigeria begins.
This Day reports that a statement by the spokesman of Shettima, Mallam Isa Gusau, confirmed this in a statement: “The meeting was part of ongoing consultations and hearings from specific leaders and members of the APC from the south west.
“The vice president gave an insightful overview of his understanding of the issues in each of the six states of Lagos, Ekiti, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo with thoughts of possible ways out.”
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The statement said Shettima led the members of a national peace and reconciliation committee, set up by the APC for the purpose of reconciling the aggrieved members in the zone to the presidential villa, for a consultative meeting with Osinbajo.
The statement named members of the committee led by Shettima to include Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai; former deputy governor of Ekiti state, Professor Modupe Adelabu; director general of NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside, and Sa’ida Sa’ad Bugaje.
Two members of the committee, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state and former Senate president, Ken Nnamani, were absent at the meeting with Osinbajo.
The statement said the meeting held at the room of the vice president in Abuja and lasted more than an hour.
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According to the statement, the committee would be meeting with some leaders in each of the states to get varied positions so as to be equipped with facts.
It was learnt that the committee will invite aggrieved members to appear during its sittings in Lagos, Ekiti and Oyo states to hear submissions.
Legit.ng earlier reported that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun state recently lost 26 aspirants of the state House of Assembly to the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).
The defectors were aggrieved aspirants who alleged that the mandate given to them during the October 7 legislative primary of the APC was stolen by the national leadership of the ruling party.
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