SPLIT IN APC DEEPENS
SPLIT IN APC DEEPENS A visit on December 11 by Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, to former Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari in his home town of Daura, has been followed, according to sources, by discreet visits by a number of other influential figures from the South West to the former President in a attempt to broker peace amid escalating rift between his camp and that of President Bola Tinubu, Business Hallmark gathered. According to close sources, Buhari, understood to have lost patience with President Tinubu over his policies perceived to be anti North, especially the controversial tax reform bills currently before the National Assembly, is said to have recently criticized government in the presence of close confidants, and consequently, urged his supporters to look in another direction in 2027. Business Hallmark also gathered that Aisha, Buhari’s wife, who was instrumental to convincing her husband to back Tinubu after he initially opposed his ambition in favour of Ahmad Lawan, former senate president, has also begun to regret backing the former Lagos governor, while allegedly resolving to work against him in 2027. The former First Lady, who struck a friendship with Remi Tinubu, the incumbent First Lady, in the lead up to the election last year, had reportedly lobbied to convince her husband to back Tinubu. And following Tinubu’s victory, he had allegedly refused to move back to Daura with her husband, expecting to get patronage from the new administration, which did not happen. “Mrs. Buhari had refused to return to Daura with her husband, preferring to stay at her palatial residence in Abuja, had expressed regrets that after her support for Tinubu, her brother, Halilu, who was promised the FCT Minister, did not get the plum job, neither has he been considered for any other position nor any of her other nominees considered for positions,” noted Jackson Ude, a U.S based journalist, who had reported the death of former Army Chief, Taoreed Lagbaja, long before the authorities confirmed his passing. “Close sources of the former First Lady told me Mrs. Buhari feel scammed that after all she was promised, she has, instead been humiliated as several overtures she recently made to see or speak with the President has been rebuffed.” Ude noted that prior to the 2023 presidential election, the Buhari Presidency was largely divided as to whom to support, with the former president not keen on backing Tinubu until few months to the elections when he was eventually convinced by his wife and some northern governors, who feared that attempting to keep power in the North could cause implosion in the APC. “After all she was promised, Mrs. Buhari is now in regrets that she has not been patronized enough to commensurate her actions that led to the Tinubu’s presidency,” Ude said. “She recently and quietly returned to Daura to be with her husband, seething in regrets, awaiting the completion of Buhari’s House in Kaduna while vowing to work against Bola Tinubu’s re-elections in 2027. “Mrs. Buhari’s position aligns with that of her husband, who has quietly and secretly criticized Tinubu’s government, urging his supporters to look another direction in 2027.” A source close to the former president confirmed to Business Hallmark that, “Things are really going south between Buhari and Tinubu.” He noted that while consultations had been ongoing for sometime, there’s been more urgency recently following Tinubu’s introduction of the four tax reform bills, some provisions of which have been opposed by many political figures in the North, including governors and senators. “The tax bills seem to the last stroke,” he said. “Tinubu has initiated some moves to broker peace, but that’s going to be the contentious topic.” Speaking further, he said, “Buhari is upset about the way Tinubu…
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