There are strong indications that the meeting organised by national leaders of the All Progressives Congress to find a common ground on the way forward after the botched Ekiti State APC governorship primaries has hit a brick wall.
Kayode Fayemi, minister of mines and steel, walked out of the meeting which Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and some party leaders held with the governorship aspirants of the APC in Ekiti state, on Tuesday, TheCable authoritatively reports.
Recall that TheNewsGuru reported yesterday that the meeting which took place at the Lagos state government house in Asokoro, Abuja comes just as the APC announced a new date for its botched primary in Ekiti to elect is flag bearer for the July 12 governorship election.
The first primary, held on Saturday, was halted following violence at the venue as some aspirants accused the organisers of bias. May 11 has been announced as the new date for the primary.
Many of the key aspirants in Ekiti are believed to be in attendance at Tuesday’s meeting.
Mr Tinubu, though not an official of the APC, is considered by many as the leader of the party in the South-west.
Some of the key aspirants in the Ekiti election have had reasons to work with Mr Tinubu in the past.
Among the 33 APC governorship aspirants are the minister of mines, Kayode Fayemi; a presidential aide, Babefemi Ojudu; a former Ekiti State governor, Segun Oni; and a former aide to Mr Tinubu, Opeyemi Bamidele.
In the course of the meeting:
“Some of the party leaders in attendance were Bisi Akande, pioneer chairman of the party; Segun Osoba, former Ogun state governor; Niyi Adebayo, former Ekiti state governor; and Pius Akinyelure; zonal vice chairman of the APC in the south-west.
“After discussing for like two hours, they agreed on a break.
“The minister, who walked out of the room ahead of other aspirants and party leaders, ignored reporters who approached him.” TheCable.