There was a tight security presence around the All Progressives Congress secretariat, the venue for Sunday’s political roundtable of the governors and the party leadership. Several routes leading to the popular Balantyre Street in Wuse II were barricaded by stern‑looking security operatives.
The development came barely 48 hours after the APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, summoned the state governors to an emergency meeting on Sunday. In attendance were members of the National Working Committee and Governors Nasir El‑Rufai (Kaduna), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe), Mai Mala Buni (Yobe), Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa), Abubakar Sani Bello (Niger), Yahaya Bello (Kogi), Simon Lalong (Plateau), Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti) and Sani Bello (Niger).
The absence of Governors Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), Babajide Sanwo‑Olu (Lagos) and virtually all their counterparts in the South was noticeable. Governors of Imo and Katsina states, however, had some representatives in attendance.
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