The leadership of the Northern caucus of the All Progressives Congress, are reportedly miffed at the insinuations by Chief Bisi Akande that they were behind the crisis in the party.
It is believed that the meeting of the national caucus of the All Progressives Congress scheduled for Monday was cancelled because of the controversy within the party.
Akande, had in a letter, released on Monday, June 29, that: “Most Northern elite, the Nigerian oil subsidy barons and other business cartels, who never liked (President Muhammadu) Buhari’s anti-corruption political stance, are quickly backing up the rebellion against APC with strong support.”
A member of the party’s caucus from the North-East geopolitical zone, spoke anonymously to Punch Newspapers.
He reportedly revealed that if the meeting of the national caucus had held on Monday, it would have been a heated session in an atmosphere of mutual suspicion.
“We (northerners) are unhappy about Chief (Bisi) Akande’s outburst. It was unnecessary because we are all trying to put out a fire that is threatening to consume our house. And when you have a respected leader and elder making such unguarded statements it does not help.
I personally hold Chief Akande in high esteem but what he wrote in that letter was nothing short of an insult on our collective sensibilities. How can you single out a section of your party and call them criminals who were supporting rebels to destroy the party we all built? This is most unexpected and uncharitable to say the least.”
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