President Buhari asks APC allies to reconcile differences for the benefit of Nigeria

Ayodele Johnson 20:20 - 21 December 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari calls on his comrades to put their differences to bed. - Daily Post Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari welcomes APC returnees back to the party on Wednesday. He urges more participation in the organization large enough to accommodate a multitude.

In a State House statement released via Twitter on Friday, December 21, 2018, the president of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari appeals to members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to work out their differences.

He thinks it necessary for the advancement of the society. The president mentions this in Abuja while receiving comrades including persons who have just made a return back to the organization.

The group of members such as including Professor Hafiz Abubakar, a former Deputy Governor of Kano State are led to the meeting by Abubakar Badaru the Governor of Jigawa State.

President Buhari spoke on Wednesday night in Abuja when he received a group of APC members including Professor Hafiz Abubakar, a former Deputy Governor of Kano State who returned to the party after their departure to various platforms.
— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) December 21, 2018

In welcoming the party leaders back to the APC, President Buhari said the house was large enough to accommodate everyone and promised to speak to the leadership of the party and government in Kano to accommodate and work with the returnees.
— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) December 21, 2018

In addition to Professor Hafiz, a staunch ally of Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso Kwankwaso who resigned as Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s Deputy, the other returnees include a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Architect Aminu Dabo; [...]
— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) December 21, 2018

... the immediate past National Treasurer, Bala Mohammed Gwagwarwa; Security Adviser to Kwankwaso, General Danjuma Dambazau (rtd); Engineer Mu’azu Magaji, all of them staunch members of the Kwankwasiyya as well as Senator Isa Zarewa who left in protest against the last primaries.
— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) December 21, 2018

APC losing numbers in Lagos

Already in Lagos, over 20,000 members of the All Progressives Congress have reportedly switched allegiance to the Accord Party (AC).

This can mean more support for Jimi Agbaje who is representing the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 gubernatorial elections.

According to Punch News in a report published on Thursday, December 20, 2018, the representatives of AC pledged support for the PDP candidate at a political mixer held at the Lagos Airport Hotel in Ikeja.

At the meeting, Agbaje encourages more participation in what he describes as the "moving train".