APC governors keep mum as meeting with Buhari end in deadlock

PIX 004 — Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (3rd right); Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State (2nd right); Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State (right); Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State (left); Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State (2nd left) and Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Mukura of Nasarawa State (3rd left) during the Progressive Governors Forum meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja

The meeting President Muhammadu Buhari held with governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday ended in deadlock.

The State governors kept mum after the meeting as none of the governors addressed state house correspondents when they left the council chamber of the presidential villa.

The meeting which was held inside the Council Chambers started about 2.15pm and ended about 3.30pm.

At the end of the meeting which sources described as stormy, the governors who were approached for comment told State House correspondents that they had resolved not to speak to journalists.

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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (3rd right); Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed of Kwara State (3rd left); Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State (2nd left); Governor Atiku Bagudu (left); Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Mukura of Nasarawa State (2nd right) and Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State (right) during the Progressive Governors Forum meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja

Rochas Okorocha (Imo), Simon Lalong (Plateau) and Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna), explained to reporters that a unanimous agreement was reached at the meeting not to talk to the media.

The contentious issue of tenure extension for members of the party’s National Working Committee was said to have dominated discussions at the meeting.

All APC state governors attended the meeting while Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and some top presidential aides and government officials also attended.