As tension continues to rise in Lagos state All Progressives Congress as a result of the running battle between Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode and Bola Tinubu, his political godfather, President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday invited the governor in the state house for a closed door meeting.
IGBERE TV gathered that the meeting was at the instance of the APC Governors forum, who met in Abuja in the last 24hours over the matter.
IGBERE TV learnt that during the meeting, the governor would formally brief the president on latest political development within the party in Lagos State.
File Photo: Buhari and Ambode
The party’s national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the elders 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 socio- political groups from within and outside Lagos state.
IGBERE TV, however, gathered that 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.
IGBERE TV reports that the Chairman of the APC Governors’ Forum, Gov. Rochas Okorocha, delivered the governors’ message to the president few minutes before his meeting with Ambode.
A source in the presidency told IGBERE TV that the president might end the tussle between Ambode and the Mandate Group, led by the APC National leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
IGBERE TV further learnt that the president may also meet with other APC stakeholders in Lagos state within the week as part of efforts toward resolving the rift.
