Ambode vs Tinubu: Buhari meeting Lagos governor in Aso Rock
with Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State at the Presidential
Villa, Abuja.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) the governor would be
updating the president on latest political development within the All
Progressives Congress.
The governor's political godfather, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the
leadership of the APC in Lagos State were alleged to have mounted
pressure on Ambode, to drop his second term bid.
Tinubu, who is alleged to have endorsed Ambode's opponent within the
APC, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, had refused to back Ambode's second term
ambition despite pleas by concerned individuals and several
sociopolitical groups from within and outside Lagos state.
The governors under the platform of APC, who met on Wednesday night in
Abuja, had on behalf of Ambode, sought the intervention of President
Buhari in the APC crisis in Lagos state.
A source in the presidency told NAN that the president might end the
tussle between Ambode and the Mandate Group led by the APC National
leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
NAN gathered that the president may also meet with other APC
stakeholders in Lagos state within the week as part of efforts towards
resolving the rift.
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