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From Left President Muhammadu Buhari John Oyegun Yakubu Dogara Bola Tinubu

From Left President Muhammadu Buhari John Oyegun Yakubu Dogara Bola Tinubu

The state chairmen also demanded for a two-year tenure extension for the national officers of the party as they claimed that the time available for party congresses and INEC published timetable for the conduct of primaries and general elections were too short.

"The governors and majority of APC members, have confidence ‎in our national chairman, Chief John Oyegun".

The APC chairmen joined other leaders of the party and governors on the platform of the party to endorse President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term in office, asking the President to present himself for reelection in 2019.

Amid the crisis bedeviling the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), the party's National Working Committee (NWC), will know its fate as the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting holds today, LEADERSHIP has learnt.

But the state chairmen explained that the reason for proposing a tenure extension is for stability ahead of the 2019 polls.

Sources said the plan of those who invited the EFCC into the unfolding saga was to force out Odigie-Oyegun, using the report of the anti-graft agency, which they believed would be "damaging".

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They advised the former Lagos State governor to desist from misleading statements and think of better ways to get Oyegun's actions to conform to his will.

Considering the time left for the party to conduct all the congresses and conventions and considering that our leader Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been charged with the responsibility of reconciling all aggrieved members of our party.

The group urges APC leaders across the 36 states to support Asiwaju Tinubu to ensure his reconciliation effort succeeds. "The forum also calls on all the members of our great party to give maximum support to the committee to achieve sustainable peace in the party".

Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello broke the news to reporters yesterday after the party's National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja.

The movement in a release signed by its National President, Mr. Edward Olusola and National Secretary, Samson Ndubuisi, said the reconciliation within the APC is necessary to revive the dwindling fortunes of the APC and bring the party on the right track of history.

"However, one-size-fits-all will not work and all the states where some erring members need to be disciplined".

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