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QUESTION: APC seems to be unravelling, with the crisis that characterised the recent ward congress. GOV AMAECHI: (Cuts in) Where did you see that? QUESTION: In Ogun State, for instance, the fight for supremacy between former Governor Olusegun Osoba and the Governor Ibikunle Amosun is festering. GOV AMAECHI: They were able to manage it. You saw Amosun and Osoba together. Don’t forget that these were regional parties that came together. This party is now a big national party, and you will see different interests clashing here and there. But what is important is how they will be able to manage it. Have we not had successful ward congress? There are 36 states and you mentioned only one, and that one has been resolved. QUESTION: There was also crisis in Edo and some other states. GOV AMAECHI: That has also been resolved. So, in 36 states, you mentioned only two. If it were other parties, by now, they would have been fighting. Here in APC, there is no fight. QUESTION: There is also this issue of APC presenting a Muslim-Muslim ticket in 2015. Can that fly intoday’s Nigeria? GOV AMAECHI: Honestly, I don’t know; and why I said I don’t know is because the issue of Presidency is not before the party now. I don’t know where the speculations are coming from that we will field a Muslim-Muslim ticket. We are not discussing Presidency. What we are discussing now are ward, local government and state officers and possibly national officers of the party. So, those who are talking about a Muslim-Muslim ticket or Muslim-Christian ticket are just speculating, and I don’t want to respond to speculations. QUESTION: But you must have heard of moves by chieftains of your party to field Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and Senator Bola Tinubu as Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates in the 2015 elections? GOV AMAECHI: I have not heard that. As a governor, I am in the leadership cadre of APC. So, I should be able to know and tell you. I have not heard about it. But will that surprise you if it turns out to be true? When we get to the bridge, we will cross it. We are not there yet.
Posted on: Thu, 15 May 2014 08:17:47 +0000

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