The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will be meeting with state governors next week to determine the fate of the embattled national chairman of the ruling party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
A prominent member of the party, who spoke on Friday, November 9 on condition of anonymity, stated that as a precursor to the meeting, the party’s national leader, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, and Oshiomhole, met in Paris, France, on Thursday, November 8.
An APC source said: “Tinubu and Oshiomhole met in Paris on Thursday over attempts by governors and some members of the NWC to remove the party chairman. You will recall that it was Asiwaju who paved the way for the emergence of Oshiomhole as the chairman when Chief Oyegun wanted a tenure extension.
“Now that he has come under probe by the DSS and is being asked to step aside, he has run to Tinubu to save him. It remains unclear what their strategy will be to put a stop to the probe.”
A member of the party’s NWC, who craved anonymity, said: “The fact that Oshiomhole is under investigation for allegedly collecting money from aspirants is bad for the image of the APC government which claims to be fighting corruption.
“It is for this reason that the NWC members are being asked (by interested parties) to push for the suspension of the APC chairman pending the outcome of the probe. The President’s body language and actions in the coming days will determine Oshiomhole’s fate. For now, we are still considering it but we don’t want to make any hasty decision until we are sure that we have the president’s backing.”
Others expected to be at the meeting include: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Chief Bisi Akande, the minister of science and technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu and Prince Tony Momoh.
Another party source said: “The matter is receiving attention at the highest level. We cannot pretend, the situation involving our national chairman is already in public domain.
“His invitation and subsequent interrogation by the Department of State Services, is an indictment if you ask me; but you cannot pronounce a man guilty without giving him the right of fair hearing.
“The leadership meeting will take place because as you know, we don’t have a Board of Trustees in place. Mr. President as the leader of the party, who in fact, has personally taken over the process of dealing with the post-primary crisis, is convening the meeting to deal with all these issues.”
Meanwhile,the embattled national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, was expected to resume questioning at the Department of State Services (DSS) anytime he returned to the country.
This was disclosed by security sources on Thursday, November 8. According to report, President Muhammadu Buhari was aware of the investigation of the national chairman of his party by the DSS.
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