Fresh tension in APC as Atiku, Tinubu battle for BoT chairmanship

Fresh crisis is brewing in the rul­ing All Progressives Congress (APC) over the chairmanship of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT). 

It was learnt that a fresh crisis is rearing its head in the party over who will chair the BoT. 

The National Executive Committee (APC) meeting held last Friday endorsed the constitution of the party’s BoT. No date was set for that. 

An official of the party revealed to Sun­day Sun that some chieftains of the party are in the trenches over who heads the yet-to-be-constituted BoT. 

According to him, the initial permutation was that former vice president, Atiku Abuba­kar would chair the advisory body. The move, he said was championed by former Lagos state governor and leader of the party, Bola Ahmed Tinubu who wanted the former vice president to support his candidates for the National Assembly leadership. 

Atiku, Akande battle for APC BOT chairmanship

There are strong indications that a fresh power tussle is brewing in the All Progressives Congress over the chairmanship of its Board of Trustees.

Saturday PUNCH reliably learnt on Friday that the tussle was between former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and a former Chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande.

Investigations showed that the tussle was part of moves by the power blocs in the APC to influence decisions in the party by taking control of its various organs.