■ Over alleged plot against Buhari, as APC leader moves to close rank with Saraki

BY LAWRENCE ENYOGHASU

Security agencies have launched a surveillance ring around a lead­er of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and others, including some members of the National Assembly, over an alleged plot against President Mu­hammadu Buhari.

The plot, which presidency sources said is not unconnected to the decision of President Buhari to dump several nominees submitted by some party leaders and political godfa­thers for ministerial appointments, has led to a move to mend fences between the two ma­jor contending forces in the Senate.

Intelligence reports had revealed that some state governors, party leaders and political godfathers, whose nominees were dumped by the President for his preferred candidates, have begun to “unleash their goons in a well coordinated media campaigns and groups’ protests against Mr President’s choice of ministerial nominees”

Saturday Sun gathered that of particular in­terest to some intelligence agencies keeping a tab on the plot “is the decision of an APC leader in the South-West to jet out of the country the moment he realised that he could not push through his ministerial nominees, only to be coordinating attacks against the President from his base outside the country.”

A top official in one of the nation’s intelli­gence agencies leading investigations into the alleged plot told Saturday Sun on condition of anonymity, “because the investigation is still at the preliminary stage”, that “a partic­ular political godfather who has been spear­heading the campaign to remove the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has suddenly turned round to be reaching out to Senators in his (Saraki’s) camp to mend fences so as to form a joint force to launch an attack against the President.”

“We are following all of these clues and leads including promises by the same person to help crush the criminal charges against a leading Senator. This brand of politics will in no way help the ruling party and the nation. One man must not have his way in all cases and in every arrangement”, the source added.

Though the source did not specifically mention Tinubu in the chat, the APC chief­tain, however, fits into all the descriptions. It was also gathered that the presidency is al­ready bracing up for the emerging develop­ment.

It was not clear as at press time whether the Saraki camp will accept the peace deal being offered by the party leader and support the alleged plot against the President coming at a time when the relationship between Buhari and Saraki appears to be coming on track.

A close associate of Tinubu, who pleaded for anonymity, however, told Saturday Sun that indeed the APC leader was badly hurt by the rejection of his ministerial nominees by Buhari, he would, however, not have a hand in pulling down “a house he almost single-handedly built with his efforts and resourc­es.”

Saturday Sun had in an exclusive report before the release of the ministerial nominees reported the decision by President Buhari to dump over 73 names submitted to him by state governors, APC leaders and political godfathers to draw up a list of his own choice of ministerial nominees.

Indeed, when the list was unveiled last week, many of the party leaders including Tinubu were upset and left in shock. Rather than pick the choice of Tinubu in the South West, Buhari selected former Governors Babatunde Fashola (Lagos) and Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), both estranged political god­sons of Tinubu.

The party leader could also not get human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), Prof Pat Utomi and his former Commissioners for Information and Finance in Lagos, Messrs Dele Alake and Wale Edun, respectively on the list. Falana had been tipped to emerge as the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Alake as Information Minister and Edun as Minister for Finance.

In Osun, while Governor Rauf Aregbesola is pushing the nomination of his immediate predecessor, former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola, in deference to an accord leading to the latter’s defection to APC, Tinubu is said to be backing the governor’s Chief of Staff, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, who is his (Tinu­bu’s) blood relation.

In Ondo, the party leadership in the state is pushing the nomination of its governorship candidate in 2012 poll, Chief Rotimi Ak­eredolu SAN, while Tinubu is backing his bosom friend and APC National Vice Chair­man, South West, Chief Pius Akinyelure.

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/ministerial-list-tinubu-others-under-security-watch/

like seriously?

This game called politics is whack. Indeed no permanent friend and no permanent enemy.

Just watch, presidency will soon come out to debunk it.

Tinubu,
Allah is with you.

Sai Buhari but I pray they resolve there issues

This is plain nonsense from SUN.

tinubu has been putting buhari under watch since osinbade has been made d vp. so this is not news

For real

APC fighting internal crisis since winning election. May be that is the definition of their change.

Useless journalism, I wonder what will happen to all these media houses without without Asiwaju, could it an obsession or marketing strategy? this same "news" was in more than one newspapers earlier in the week understand different sensational headlines just to undermine the alliance between the President and Asiwaju, but they shall all fail.

Buhari dares not eat soap and bath with bullion!

The only reason we are with Buhari is because of Tinubu. The president has nothing without Jagaban!

Foliticians shal...

Mark 3:25


If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand

jagaban is way smarter than this.

wytecat:
Buhari dares not eat soap and bath with bullion!

The only reason we are with Buhari is because of Tinubu. The president has nothing without Jagaban!

So you are admitting that the change mantra was a scam?

You are supporting buhari just because of tinibus interest?


Heheheh, small small una go de confess

If there is an aorta of truth in this

Then, Tinubu is indeed:

' A mere Ludo player' as his oppnents called him

This is real 'asss wiping'

Am not surprised. It was something we predicted. I told Tinubu the day i saw him in my dream that Buhari is a camelion. He didn't listen. Now that he has lost his investment on Buhari.who is a loser? The next attack will be Baba Iyabo

If Tinubu should try any nonsense, Okada 100 naira ll be used to bundle him to Kirikiri.




Quote me only in Bourdillon

In politics u have two enemies.
(1)Those that help u to get the power: since u can not satisfy their numerous demand, as satisfying them will discredit ur government, this people become ur no1 enemy, e.g Tinubu. To handle this type of people, media is ur tool, u must remove there teeth or they will bite u. Removing there teeth means blocking there source of income to make them poor.

(2) Those people that u offended to gain power, e.g, opposition parties. These is another political enemy, to handle these set of people, just give me a call as u have nothing to fear. It is a game

I'm expecting the tinibu's apologist to come here and yab the sun while ignoring the obvious truth.

It's just like the average Nigerian who will never accept that something is wrong with him or her until it gets obvious for everyone to see.

I still maintain my stand that 2015 election was not about to change Nigeria nor end corruption as some people where made to believe. The election was meant to get rid of GEJ to allow the looting continue.

After all OBJ asked GEJ not to implement the IPPIS payment system because the boys will be angry with him.


Now the boys are back to power, the stealing and looting continues and you'll never get to hear about it in the media because the media is in the purse of the boys.


And if you think of voting them out in 2019, you are wasting your time because we are back to the dark era when election winners are determined before voting.

Credible election is gone with GEJ. After all buhari don make his relation abi inlaw the inec head.

Dictatorial tendencies in the making. Somebody somewhere must always be planning something against them.

These intelligence officers would have been put to better use in smoking out book haram hideouts!

This was how Idi Amin started. It is well with Nigeria

Bola Tinubu should have learnt that the coming together of strange bedfellows do not last. The internal wrangling has been something Nigerians had anticipated after Buhari was announced winner. It is unfortunate for him that he's realising the HARD WAY!

That's the APC business anyway! There collapse is gain for PDP and Nigeria

this is a good news let the war continue

Buhari did not allow party leaders to dictate for him but he wanted sakari to follow party's directive. We call that hypocrisy.

Since Buhari overlooked tinubus ministerial list ... Dnt blame him if he thinks its time the mere commisioner becomes president

In politics, no permanent friend; no permanent enemy.

Permanent interest!

gboss4sure:


So you are admitting that the change mantra was a scam?

You are supporting buhari just because of tinibus interest?


Heheheh, small small una go de confess

Help me ask them ooo

During the presidential elections, a doctor friend of
mine was arguing that if Buhari is voted he'll be
under the whims of Tinubu,his financier,that Buhari
will only be a mere puppet to Tinubu,the puppeteer.
All my effort to make him reason otherwise was
futile,so glad,there's enough happenings to make
him see foolishness of his previous stance.

wytecat:
Buhari dares not eat soap and bath with bullion!

The only reason we are with Buhari is because of Tinubu. The president has nothing without Jagaban!

so na because of that thief una support buhari?
Thank God buhari don dey show dem him true colour, and i support him fully on this.
God bless the president.
President that nominated a pdp man in akwaibom against apc thiieves for minister.
Sai sen udoma udo udoma.
Sai buhari
kai Tinubu.
Abeg daura lawal, check that man well o, make we no witness anoda death o like former lagos guber candidate.

No honour among thieves, liars and propagandists...

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