2023 APC Zoning: One man will not sit in Lagos to determine who flies the party flag-Buhari

By Angela James,

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the issue of zoning in the All Progressives Congress is beyond one man sitting in Lagos to determine who flies the party flag, but rather it will be determined by the party.

The President said this during an interview with Arise Television which aired on Thursday, noting that the era where one man for instance sits in Lagos and determine what the party will do is over.

Buhari also disclosed that the caretaker committee of the APC led by Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State is doing a great job to reposition the party.

He said, “I told the acting chairman and a committee to give me the report by the end of the month on the convention they are going to conduct and then arrange general elections until 2023. And we started this from the bottom to the up, so that members of the party will be sure they are involved in decision making.

“Nobody is just going to sit in Lagos and tell them what to do. This is what we are arranging.” Buhari said.

Several supporters of APC leader in Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, have been clamouring for the party to zone the Presidency to the South, adding that there was a gentleman agreement for such when the party was being formed in 2013.

Tinubu is believed to be nursing a Presidential ambition although he has yet to confirm or deny it.

However, the dissolution of the party’s National Working Committee last year was believed to have been orchestrated by those opposed to Tinubu’s ambition.