•Yobe governor, Akpanudoedehe eased out •Senate caucus decries uncertainty….
The cloud over the fate of caretaker chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has cleared.Mai Mala Buni has been eased out with secretary of the Caretaker/Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, it was learnt yesterday.“Buni won’t return to the office and Akpanudoedehe will quit. They have been given a soft landing” a source said last night, adding: “President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive will be fully carried out.”Acting Chairman and Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello yesterday consolidated his hold on the leadership.. He has summoned a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting for next week.Bello held a meeting with other caretaker committee members where decisions on the convention were taken.On Monday night, he met with state chairmen to unfold his plans for the convention and to solicit their support.The Yobe State governor, who is expected back from Dubai today, will resign his position, “to seek the ticket to return for second term”.Akpanudoedehe will go in similar manner ‘to pursue his governorship ambition”.Yesterday, the caretaker committee had its second meeting in two days on the convention and other issues, including zoning of the National Working Committee (NWC) offices.Buni and Akpanudoedehe are being ousted for deliberately stalling the plan to hold the convention.On Monday, Sani Bello swore in state chairmen, reviewed the report of the zoning committee, led by Kwara State Governor AbbulRazaq AbdulRahaman, and presided over the caretaker exco meeting.
