By Wale Rayners/LAGOS// The All Progressives Congress, APC, is undoubtedly in a political tension occasioned by its primary elections which commenced on Saturday.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was said to have held a late-night meeting with South-West APC leaders yesterday, the President was said to have expressed a deep displeasure over reports of internal party developments across the nation.
Sources told SECURITY MONITOR that the meeting, President Tinubu reportedly stated:
“I am a party constitutional democrat. Yes, I gave governors the privilege to coordinate and take charge of party affairs in their respective states, but I did not ask anyone to impose candidates indiscriminately.
“Even where necessary, no one should be a judge in his own case.
“Where free and fair primary elections did not take place, I have directed the National Chairman and National Secretary to do the needful in restoring the integrity of the party.”
The President anger over the development is already generating serious political conversations within APC circles, especially in states where allegations of imposition and manipulated primaries have dominated discussions ahead of the 2027 elections.
This development may alter certain consensus candidates as such list is said to be a subject of review.
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