The APC northeast vice-chairman, Mustapha Salihu, has asked the Minister of Works and Housing Babatunde Raji Fashola to produce evidence backing his claim that there is zoning in the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Salihu stated this while reacting to Fashola’s call for the leadership of the APC to respect and honour the agreement reached at the formative stage of the party for zoning to take place.
Reacting to Fashola’s statement, Salihu asked Fashola to explain the quarters where it was done and the parties to the unwritten agreement.
His words: “First, he has to provide people that were privy to that agreement. Even if he didn’t mention names, he will say the stage where it was done, whether at the point of merger, then you know from research those that participated in the merger.
“I can’t tell you yes or no because I was not privy to that agreement. If people who were privy to it will say, yes, there was and they will be the ones championing it and prevailing on the party to implement it.”
The heated conversations over the rotation of the presidency within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) took a different dimension this week with the comments of the minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola. Fashola had advised
Fashola is the first APC leader revealing that indeed there was a zoning agreement between chieftains of the party in the past.
In the past, chieftains of the ruling party have said no such agreement exists in the party.
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