Breaking: Governor Fayemi of APC rejects consensus agreement, claiming that Buhari’s candidates would fight it out

Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has denied endorsing candidates nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Convention.
The appointment of the APC’s new National Working Committee (NWC) has caused a schism within the governing party.

Kayode Fayemi is a Nigerian actress.

According to reports, President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of Senator Abdullahi Adamu as National Chairman of the party caused a schism within the party.
However, as part of the effort to resolve this, Buhari met with governors in Aso Rock on Wednesday, after which a resolution was apparently achieved.
When the issue of Adamu’s support was broached, a governor from the North West said that he had no objections. He also said that the national secretary problem had been settled.
While confirming the governor’s remark, a senior source claimed the governors aligned themselves with President Buhari’s stance on Adamu at the villa meeting.
“They agreed with the president’s stance on Adamu as national chairman, while all other posts were already authorized by the president before,” the source added.
Atiku Bagudu, the Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) and Governor of Kebbi State, told media after the meeting that a ceasefire had been established to fill the NWC slots by agreement.
He said that the PGF was in favour of President Buhari’s chairmanship nominee, but declined to identify the candidate.
Fayemi, however, denied backing candidates backed by the president during a high-level policy conversation organized by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) on Thursday.