The National Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning
Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), led by Governor Mai
Mala Buni of Yobe state has reconciled a former governor of Rivers
state, Rotimi Amaechi and a former governor of Bayelsa state, Timipre
Sylva.
Ameachi, who is the current Minister of
Transportation and his counterpart in the Ministry of Petroleum
Resources, Timipre Sylva were at daggers-drawn over conflicting
intetests.
The two politicians are from the South South geopolitical zone and shares membership of the same political party, the APC.
They
arrived the APC National Secretariat in Abuja, in the afternoon of
Monday, and went into a closed-door meeting with Governor Buni and other
officials of the party where issues resulting in their differences were
thrashed.
Speaking with newsmen after the
closed door meeting, Ameachi who was accompanied by Sylva, said, “We
have agreed that both of us will work together.”
Similarly,
a statement by the APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini
Nabena said Governor Buni during the closed-door meeting charged the
ministers to work together and lead the party’s efforts to reconcile
aggrieved party members and reposition the party, particularly in the
South South region.
“Ahead
of the governorship elections in Niger Delta state of Edo and Ondo as
well as legislative By-Elections in Bayelsa and Cross River states,
Governor Mai Mala Buni charged Ministers to play lead roles in bringing
together party members and stakeholders to ensure that the APC is
victorious,”Nabena said.