Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai Governor said Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni was no longer the national caretaker chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
el-Rufai said Buni, who was reportedly outside Nigeria, for his medicals, would return to Yobe as governor and not as chairman of the Caretaker Extraordinary and Convention Planning Committee, CECPC, of the ruling party.
el-Rufai claimed on Wednesday that Buni plotted to sabotage the party’s national convention.
Speaking in an interview, el-Rufai said that President Muhammadu Buhari and 19 governors of the party endorsed the sack of Buni.
He reportedly claimed that Buni had planned the sabotage through surrogates who had obtained a secret court order.
Speaking on a Channels Television’s programme “Politics Today” on Wednesday, el-Rufa’i said “Buni is gone; the secretary is gone. Gov. Bello is in charge and he has the backing of President Muhammadu Buhari and 19 governors. Buni can only return as governor of Yobe but never as chairman of our party.
“President Buhari ordered his removal and this has been implemented. Governor Bello has taken over and things are moving according to plan. Party will be restored, convention will take place as scheduled. 19 governors and their deputies are solidly behind this move. Buni and his people got a court order to stop the convention but hid it.”
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