Explosion in the APC- Tinubu, Sheriff In Near Fisticuff At APC NECMeeting

The recent meeting of the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, almost turned violent following the threat by a former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff to beat up a national leader of the party, Bola Tinubu.
Mr. Sheriff exploded midway into the meeting, raining abuses on Mr. Tinubu and threatening to slap the former Lagos State governor.
But for the intervention of the some party leaders attending the meeting, including a former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari and a former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, the former Borno Governor, almost made real his threat, sources at the meeting told PREMIUM TIMES.

Atiku decamps to the APC

Erstwhile Vice-President of the country and one of the founders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, dumped the party, alleging a
reign of impunity that has put the party beyond redemption. Atiku, whose resignation letter is to be delivered to the PDP ward chairman in Jada, Adamawa State today, said he would be joining the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Sources close to the former vice-president told Vanguard last night that Atiku would be received by the top leadership of the APC at a rally being organised in Yola this
morning. Party leaders, including Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, among others, are to witness the public defection of the former vice-president at the Yola
rally.
Atiku in a statement, yesterday, urged his supporters across the country to take opportunity of the APC registration exercise commencing Wednesday to join the opposition
party. Reign of impunity

THE ROYAL RUMBLE (PART 2)- A SEQUEL TO THE PREVIEW- By OGHAGHARE ESE FREEMAN

Welcome one more time to the exciting series, ‘the Royal Rumble’ part two.

Exactly a month ago, I wrote the first piece of the series. Without mincing words I was unequivocal that the die had been cast and it was time to rumble.