A source close to the meeting said, “There is no doubt that we shall reach a consensus. Nobody is holding any hard line. Even Ribadu has expressed his willingness to step down, but Tinubu still wants to be vice president and Buhari is not as against it as he once was.” However, by yesterday afternoon, things had taken a less amenable turn for the alliance. The problem began over which platform the alliance’s candidate should contest on. While there was no doubt that Muhammadu Buhari would fly the group’s flag, Bola Tinubu reportedly insisted that the former head of state did so under the ACN banner. Mr Buhari, however, allegedly complained that this would confuse his supporters in the north who have been primed to vote for the CPC.
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