APC CONSIDERS OYEGUN, ONU, IKIMI FOR CHAIRMAN

As the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) prepares for its national convention, three people are being considered for the post of national chairman.
They are former governor of Abia State and national chairman of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu; former chairman of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC), Chief Tom Ikimi and former governor of Edo State, Chief John Odigie Oyegun.
Daily Sun checks revealed that the APC has tipped the three politicians for the exalted post of national chairman, as it considers to zone the post to either the South East or the South South, while the North will produce the presidential candidate.
Sources close to the party revealed that Ikimi is being considered for his experience in managing political parties, having piloted the affairs of NRC during the transition programme of General Ibrahim Babangida’s government.
On his part, Onu is being considered for his experience as a governor and political party administrator, especially going by his efforts at reorganising and rebuilding the ANPP before the merger deal, that gave birth to the APC.
It was gathered that bigwigs of APC favour Oyegun for the post, as he is seen as a good administrator and consistent politician. Those who favour Oyegun, it was learnt, said that his experience as civil servant and governor as well as his faithfulness to whichever political party he joins are good credentials.
Oyegun was a leader of the ANPP before joining the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), where he remained till the merger of the party with the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) to form the APC.
Chief Bisi Akande, from the South West, is the interim national chairman of the APC. He will hold brief till May or June, when the party would select a substantive national chairman. At the national convention of the APC, it was gathered, the zoning formula of the party would be formally unveiled.
Source: Sun