By Cross Udo Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari has again intervened in the uncertainties currently rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as he has recognised the Mai Mala Buni-led caretaker committee.

In a letter he signed and addressed to Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, who is also the Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum, President Buhari said the multiplicity of cases currently rocking the party has the prospect of invalidating the activities and actions of the party by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The President’s intervention was disclosed via a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina.

In the letter which was also copied to the Chairman of Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), the acting Chairman of the CECPC, Governor Sani Bello, the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS) as well as the Inspector-General of Police, the President said since the party could not change the leadership of the CECPC without infringing on the time limit set by INEC, and the fact that the current uncertainties and controversies “pose a real threat to the party,” he has therefore directed as follows.

“The issue of the leadership of the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) should immediately return to status quo ante:

“All members of the Governors Forum and their followers should desist from any behaviour or utterance that will likely lead to disunity in the ranks of the party, and ultimately jeorpadise the transition to the convention.
“The Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Committee should accordingly be allowed to proceed with all necessary preparations to hold the convention as planned- unfailingly on 26th March 2022.”

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Meanwhile, the APC has cancelled its National Executive Council meeting scheduled for Thursday.

The National Secretary of the party’s CECPC, Senator John Akpanudoedehe, disclosed this in a statement he signed late Wednesday titled ‘Purported APC NEC meeting cancelled’.

The statement read “As directed by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, a purported emergency meeting of the Party’s National Executive Committee slated for Thursday, March 17, 2022, is hereby cancelled.”