All Progressives Congress, APC presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has intervened into the crisis sparked by the resignation from the party of his campaign director-general, Alhaji Abdulmumin Jibrin, campaign officials have said.
They have also delinked the resignation from anything to do with Tinubu or the campaign saying that the issue was sparked by local political issues in Kano State where Jibrin plays his politics.
The resignation of Jibrin from the APC served on his social media handles on Saturday night had sparked reactions as to the fate of Tinubu in the forthcoming presidential primaries of the APC.
The Source who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on grounds of anonymity, said the former federal lawmaker’s resignation had nothing to do with Tinubu or Jibrin’s work as Director-General of the Tinubu Support Group Management Council even as he let out that their principal had intervened.
NAN reports that Jibrin, who represented the Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency of Kano State in 2015, announced his resignation from the APC on his Twitter handle on Saturday sparking rumours on the relationship from
NAN, however, recalls that Jibrin belonged to a faction of the APC in Kano State, led by former governor Ibrahim Shekarau, that lost out at the Supreme Court on Friday to the Gov. Abdulahi Ganduje’s faction.
The Supreme Court had dismissed the appeal filed by the G-7 faction of the APC led by Shekarau, challenging the ward and local government congresses conducted by the Ganduje faction of the party.
The source, however, told NAN that Jibrin’s resignation had to do with local issues in Kano APC.
He said: “However, I understand Asíwájú Tinubu is intervening to resolve the matter with the party leadership in Kano,” that led to the resignation of his campaign director-general from the APC.
Jibrin who was silent on his next move, also said in his Twitter handle that he would announce developments in due course. (NAN)
