A former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Nigeria’s former Minister of Culture and former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari designation of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to bring peace to the party.
TheNewsGuru reports as part of on-going efforts to improve cohesion within the APC, President Buhari had designated Tinubu to lead the consultation, reconciliation and confidence building efforts in the party.
The Presidency today in series of tweets revealed the Tinubu’s APC peace mission, which Fani-Kayode has said is a “mission impossible” and an attempt to bring the name and image of the Asiwaju of Lagos State and the Jagaban of the Borgu Kingdom in Niger State to disrepute.
“When a king wants to destroy his top general he sends him on a mission that is impossible to achieve or to a battle that can’t be won,” the Special Assistant (Public Affairs) to former President Olusegun Obasanjo stated.
Fani-Kayode was a member of the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) until he moved to the APC, and then later cross-carpeted to the PDP in June 2014.
“Sending BAT [Bola Ahmed Tinubu] to settle differences between APC members is mission impossible. And the objective is to destroy him and blame him for its failure,” he stated.
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The Presidency had stated that the assignment of Tinubu involves resolving disagreements among party members, party leadership and political office holders in some states of the Federation.
As part of on-going efforts to improve cohesion within the All Progressives Congress (APC), President @MBuhari has designated Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to lead the consultation, reconciliation and confidence building efforts.
— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) February 6, 2018
The assignment will involve resolving disagreements among party members, party leadership and political office holders in some states of the Federation.
— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) February 6, 2018