The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, held a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday.
After the meeting, Oyegun replied the letter written to him by the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Tinubu wrote the party chairman, accusing him of sabotaging his efforts at reconciling aggrieved party members, as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
In his reply to Tinubu, Oyegun merely expressed gratitude to Tinubu for wishing him well, saying Tinubu should rest assured of his support towards ensuring the success of the task given to him by the President.
Oyegun’s acknowledgement letter dated February 23, 2018, read:
“I thank you for your letter dated February 21, 2018, for your prayers and good wishes for my health. I wish you the same and pray that our good God keeps you strong and grants you His peace. Let me once again formally congratulate you on the peace-making assignment Mr. President has entrusted you with.
“It is most challenging but I believe you will ultimately justify the confidence reposed in you by Mr. President. In this, you have my full support. Be assured, dear Asiwaju, of my highest regards now and always.”
Although details of the party chairman’s meeting with the President on Friday were sketchy as of the time of filing this report, it was gathered that the President prevailed on the National Chairman to cooperate with the former Lagos State governor.
Oyegun arrived the Presidential Villa at about 3 pm and left at about 3.50pm. Apparently aware that State House correspondents would seek to hear from him over the letter, the party chairman avoided them.
As soon as he sighted the journalists who were waiting for him at their operational base inside the Council Chambers Briefing Room, Oyegun increased his pace as he found his way out of the premises.
Additional report from Punch
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