Atiku deliberately avoids APC NEC Meeting

Ahead of the National Executive Committee meeting scheduled to hold today, July 3, among members of the All Progressives Congress, former vice president, Atiku Abubakar has dodged the meeting, systematically, an APC source in Abuja said.

 Meanwhile, the former Vice President has made a demand for the need for the party members to sheath their swords and embrace peace and reconciliation.

Reports say Atiku used the lesser Hajji in Mecca as bait to pull himself away from the meeting in order not to agree on imposing leaders of the House on the members.
Atiku's loyalists are working desperately shortchange Tinubu's rising profile and have decided to cut his ambition of hijacking the national assembly into pieces. 
Its further gathered that Atiku wasn't happy about how Tinubu tricked him into pumping money during the APC primaries, where he was skinned of his funds and lost the election. Our source said Atiku wants to pay Tinubu in his own coins and denied him the chance to enthrone his cronies on NASS, and apparently dictate the tune of the current government under APC.

 "He intentionally pulled out of the crucial meeting knowing what was going to happen at the forum, where has planted his boys to thwart any move by Tinubu to have his way."

But in far away Saudi Arabia, Atiku urged leaders of the APC to come together and resolve its differences while playing Ostrich.

He advised leaders of the party to shift from extreme positions to the center in the interest of democracy, the party, the new administration and the country at large.

Atiku, who is currently observing the Muslim Lesser Hajj (Umrah) in Saudi Arabia, called for the concentration of positive energies on building unity, cohesion and harmony among party leaders and other stakeholders.

He said: “We can resolve our differences when our leaders individually and collectively shift grounds from extreme positions and move to the centre in the interest of our party and our country.”  In a statement released by his media office in Abuja, Turaki Adamawa expressed deep concerns that the APC,  after winning election and capturing power, torn itself apart at a time when more energies are needed to attend to the objectives of the change agenda for which it was voted into power.

He said it was high time the party overcame its current crisis of confidence arising from the National Assembly election of principal officers.

 “While restating his commitment to the party and its change agenda, the former Vice President advise the party leaders not to allow people of bad faith to fuel division and acrimony among the party, adding that all positive energies should be directed towards sustaining the morale of the voters who look forward to the APC to make their lives better.

“He reminded party leaders that any division could be exploited at the expense of the party. He extended his goodwill to the party for successful deliberations and assured the party of continued support and loyalty at all times.” The statement read.

The NEC meeting is expected to be attended by President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, the party’s national leader, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, the party’s 22 state governors and several other prominent members of the party.