Nigeria's President, Bola Tinubu has disclosed that he once had a disagreement with the late former President Muhammadu Buhari over the selection of the All Progressives Congress (APC) logo during the party’s early days.

Tinubu made the revelation on Tuesday while receiving members of The Buhari Organisation, led by former Nasarawa State Governor, Senator Tanko Al-Makura, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

According to the President, heated arguments broke out in 2013 during the merger talks that eventually birthed Nigeria’s ruling APC, with Buhari showing what he described as “stubbornness” over the party’s official symbol.

“We disagreed to agree…We even argued about a symbol. He (Buhari) insisted on parliament, and I insisted on broom. He’s so stubborn,” Tinubu said.

Both leaders, Tinubu and late Buhari, have been adjudged by many Nigerians as responsible for the current mess and economic doldrums the country presently is.

Tuesday’s meeting brought together key northern party leaders, including Katsina State Governor Dikko Radda and former Governor Aminu Masari, and could be a consolidation of party ranks ahead of the 2027 electoral cycle.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) was formally birthed in February 2013 after a merger of four opposition parties — the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), and a faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

At the heart of the deal was Bola Tinubu, then ACN National Leader and former Lagos State Governor, while late Muhammadu Buhari led the CPC bloc.

But insiders say their contrasting political traditions frequently clashed in the tense months before the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) finally approved the registration of the APC.

The broom, later adopted as the party’s logo, was sold by party leaders as a symbol of collective resistance against corruption and bad governance.

That coalition would go on to achieve what many thought impossible — dislodging the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from power in 2015 and installing Buhari as President.

The remains of Nigeria’s former President, Muhammadu Buhari were buried in his hometown of Daura, Katsina State on July 15.