It was gathered from party sources that the emergence of the South-west zone as the beautiful bride stems from two reasons, the first being the immense influence a National Leader of the APC and former Lagos State Governor, Senator Bola Tinubu, still has on the zone.
The second arises from the fact that the zone will not be producing the presidential candidate of the APC for the 2015 elections, but still commands the highest number of states controlled by the party and would therefore be expected to produce a substantial number of delegates who will determine the outcome of the presidential primary scheduled for December 2, 2014.
Accordingly, the major contenders for the presidential ticket of the party comprising former military Head of State, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari; former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar; and Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, have been lobbying the South-west governors ferociously to get their support.
A highly-placed party source disclosed that
It is important that the three major presidential contenders enlist the
support of the five South-west governors, as they in turn would be
expected to tow whatever line determined by Tinubu, their leader.
He said: “As things stand today in the party, the South-west remains up for grabs for all the presidential contenders as the governors await the directive of the ‘oracle’.”
The oracle refers to Tinubu, who is believed to have considerable influence on the South-west APC.
Although initial bets were on Tinubu throwing his weight behind the candidature of Buhari owing to the pre-merger deal they reached early this year on the Muslim-Muslim ticket, the party source informed THISDAY yesterday that even Buhari was yet to receive any form of material support from Tinubu, while none of the governors in the South-west have been given instructions to line up behind the retired General.
“Asiwaju is not talking about the presidential contest with anyone and so it is difficult to decipher his thinking on the issue. The party in the South-west is at a standstill because all the governors of the party are apprehensive about running into a collision with him on the matter,” the source said.
He said: “As things stand today in the party, the South-west remains up for grabs for all the presidential contenders as the governors await the directive of the ‘oracle’.”
The oracle refers to Tinubu, who is believed to have considerable influence on the South-west APC.
Although initial bets were on Tinubu throwing his weight behind the candidature of Buhari owing to the pre-merger deal they reached early this year on the Muslim-Muslim ticket, the party source informed THISDAY yesterday that even Buhari was yet to receive any form of material support from Tinubu, while none of the governors in the South-west have been given instructions to line up behind the retired General.
“Asiwaju is not talking about the presidential contest with anyone and so it is difficult to decipher his thinking on the issue. The party in the South-west is at a standstill because all the governors of the party are apprehensive about running into a collision with him on the matter,” the source said.
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