A delegation of northern leaders, together with Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State and Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano, has been assigned to fulfill with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, over ‘very important considerations’ relating to his proposed working mate.

The event comes barely 24 hours after the defection of the two-term Governor of Kano State and Senator representing Kano Central Senatorial district, Ibrahim Shekarau.

Shekarau, whose defection was introduced on Wednesday by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, throughout the plenary, had defected from the All Progressive Social Gathering to group up with the presidential candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Social gathering, Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso, in Could.

Simply as a few of his contemporaries who left in a gale of defection, Shekarau said in his resignation letter that he dumped the ruling APC over the unresolved problems with injustice, marginalisation and unfairness by Kano State Governor.

Shekarau’s defection and unholy alliance with Kwankwaso have allegedly unsettled the APC and additional modified the route of ongoing session and negotiation among the many northern governors.

A celebration chieftain, who craved anonymity, informed our correspondent that Shekarau’s defection and proposed coalition between the NNPP and Labour Social gathering’s presidential flagbearer, Peter Obi, has modified the dynamics of the negotiation.

“What it means is that normal bloc votes for the APC within the Kano and Kaduna may very well be decimated by the NNPP and depart in a deprived place. This might worsen if the social gathering runs with a Muslim-Muslim and NNPP unveils Obi to the Christian residents within the North West.

“I believe that is why the negotiation desk has modified within the favour of North East the place even the Muslim-Muslim we’re more likely to run with can coast us to victory.

“That may solely occur if the North West assent to it. This battle is partly why the difficulty of vice-presidential slot has dragged on for this lengthy,” he mentioned.

Nonetheless, rising from a gathering of APC governors, gubernatorial candidates and ministers in Kaduna, North-West leaders additionally resolved to reasonably meet with Tinubu to current their case.

This was contained in a press release issued by APC Nationwide Vice-Chairman (North-West), Salihu Lukman, on Thursday in Abuja.

Lukman disclosed that the assembly welcomed the initiative to begin the consultative assembly as very important for strengthening the APC within the North-West in addition to to bettering management engagements and cohesion inside the zone.

In keeping with him, the governors and political workplace holders reviewed the state of the social gathering on the nationwide and zonal ranges.

Additionally they acknowledged the challenges going through some APC state chapters and resolved to advertise efforts at reconciliation as an pressing precedence.

He mentioned, “The assembly famous the contribution of the North-West to the emergence and development of the APC and its electoral viability, with the North-West offering about 39% of the votes the APC recorded in 2019 and 2015 presidential elections.

“Subsequently, the zone resolved to mixture its pursuits and very important considerations and have interaction accordingly with the presidential candidate of the social gathering,” he said.