By Adesina Soyooye
Governors elected under the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Monday, April 7, 2024, left their various States and converged on Kaduna State.
Their destination was the newly renovated residence of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Buhari, recently, relocated to Kaduna from his Daura, Katsina State, home where he had been since he left office on May 29, 2023.
The Progressives Governors were led to the Kaduna home of the former President by their host Governor, Senator Uba Sani and their Chairman, Senator Hope Uzodinma, Imo State Governor.
Uzodinma, who addressed Journalists after their meeting with Buhari said the Progressives Governors Forum visited the former President primarily for three reasons viz: To congratulate him on a successful Ramadan Fast and extend warm Sallah greetings to him; to wish him well as he settles into his newly renovated Kaduna home; to confirm their respect, loyalty and appreciation to Buhari for his statesmanship and legacy.
Uzodinma: “This visit is symbolic and deeply rooted in respect, loyalty and continued appreciation for the statesmanship and legacy of President Muhammadu Buhari.
“As a party, we remain united and committed to the ideals of good governance which he championed during his tenure.”
However, not a few people think that the visit was a sort of fence-mending exercise. Recall that the former President was conspicuously absent at the first APC National Executive Council Meeting since the Presidency of Bola Tinubu. Explaining why he shunned the NEC meeting presided over by Tinubu, Buhari’s Spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said the invitation to the meeting was extended to his Principal late. Add that too to the stinging criticisms of Tinubu’s Government by Buhari’s ally, immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai.
El-Rufai recently dumped the APC for tye Social Democratic Party, SDP. He let it be known to everybody that he discussed with Buhari and that he never does anything, politically, without discussing it with him. A source told this medium that the APC leadership was worried by El-Rufai’s statement.
Buhari was Nigeria’s President from May 29, 2015 to May 29, 2023.
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