Why Bola Tinubu Boycotted APC NEC Meeting

 

New details emerging on why APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu and former Governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande boycotted the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party.

 

A member of the National Working Committee (NWC) who was at the meeting said the former Lagos State governor was aware that there were plans to humiliate him and his henchmen.

 

“Tinubu knew that some people were prepared to fight him. He would have been humiliated by some people”, the official said.

 

He disclosed that the earlier arrangement was to engage him in a brawl and compel him to leave the venue of the meeting in anger.

 

“Those who were to humiliate him were on ground but his absence saved the day”, the APC chieftain added.

 

He stated that the party leadership, sensing how rancorous the meeting may be , tinkered with the idea of barring journalists from covering it.

 

According to him, the earlier plans were that photojournalists would be given five to 10 minutes to take pictures of the opening session and leave the scene.

 

He said, “we tinkered with the plans of barring journalists from covering the event. We knew that anything could happen but we didn’t want to be ridiculed in the public.”

 

According to the source, Buhari’s men know that former Lagos State governor and his men want APC chairman Oyegun out because they didn’t succeed in “encircling the President with Tinubu’s men”.