BREAKING: Truth At Last As APC Chairman Reveals Identity Of Chieftains Tearing Party Apart

BREAKING: Truth At Last As APC Chairman Reveals Identity Of Chieftains Tearing Party Apart

  • The unwholesome activities of some current and past state governors of the APC constitute the ruling party's major problems
  • This was the submission of Abdullahi Adamu, the APC's national chairman, during a NEC meeting on Wednesday, April 20
  • Adamu noted that the battle for power and domain between governors and state executives is tearing the party apart

Abuja - Serving and past governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been accused of being behind the crisis rocking the ruling party.

This allegation was made on Wednesday, April 20, by Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the APC national chairman, during the party's 11th National Executive Committee meeting taking place at the Transcorp Hotel in Abuja, Vanguard reports.

APC members in NEC meeting
Adamu said the APC constitution does not permit dual leadership (Photo: Buhari Sallau)
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According to Adamu, the refusal of some governors and their predecessors to work with unity of purpose is tearing the party apart.

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Having said this, the APC boss made it clear that governors are leaders of the party in their states, adding that the constitution does not allow dual leadership.

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However, Adamu acknowledged the fact that former governors are leaders in their own rights, and, therefore, urged serving governors to accord them full honour and respect.

Buhari, Osinbajo, APC chairman, bigwigs in crucial Abuja meeting

Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo were said to be in a meeting of the NEC of the APC at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja.

APC governors, state chairmen, former governors, and a lot of other party chieftains are also in attendance.

The meeting was being presided over by Abdullahi Adamu, the national chairman of the ruling party.

It is believed that the meeting would ratify a date for the party’s presidential primaries and the method of choosing its flagbearer.

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The APC had fixed Wednesday, April 20, for its first national executive committee meeting since the emergence of the new National Working Committee (NWC).

Felix Morka, the spokesperson of the party, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, April 15, said the meeting would take place in Abuja.

Morka noted that the meeting was convened by virtue of section 25.2.ii of the party’s constitution.

Source: Legit.ng

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