Tinubu Travels Abroad For Medical Treatment

The political horse-trading for the chairmanship of the recently constituted Board of Trustees (BoT) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has pitted prominent leaders of the party from the three geopolitical zones, South-west, North-central and North-west, against one another.

The consideration for the BoT top job comes in the wake of the rejection of its membership by the former interim Vice-Chairman of APC for the South-south zone, Chief Tom Ikimi, who from all indications has concluded plans to leave the party this week.

Among the leading contenders for the chairmanship post are the past interim National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, Chief Audu Ogbeh and Alhaji Kawo Baraje.

A top party source informed THISDAY that although consultations are ongoing among the leaders of the party to decide which of the zones will produce the BoT chairman, the strong consensus is in favour of either Akande or Ogbeh.

He said the issue could not be conclusively decided because of the absence at the meetings of some key members, including the former Lagos State Governor, Senator Bola Tinubu, who is said to have gone abroad for medical treatment.

But the source went further to reveal that those who favour Akande have pushed forward his antecedents as the interim national chairman and how he was able to manage otherwise explosive issues such as the last national convention of the party.