2023 Elections: Details Emerge as APC Chairman, Governors, Tinubu, Meet in Abuja

• A few days before the Presidential and National Assembly elections, the APC stakeholders are meeting in Abuja
• The meeting convened by the party's national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has APC governors in attendance
• In his opening speech, Senat Adamu set the tone for the meeting which is coming amid a brewing crisis between the APC governors and the FG over the Naira redesign policy

FCT, Abuja - The All Progressives Congress (APC) governors and the party's national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, are meeting at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.

According to Daily Trust, the APC national chairman summoned the meeting to discuss issues related to the campaign, the naira crisis and the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections.

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Legit.ng gathers that governors in attendance include Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Bello Matawalle (Zamfara), Simon Lalong (Plateau), and Mai Mala Buni (Yobe).

APC chairman Adamu addresses governors

Meanwhile, Senator Adamu in his welcome speech during the opening session commended the governors for attending the meeting.

He said the essence of the meeting is to have some interactions to as to "have a better interpretation and appreciation of the situation that we are in."

Legit.ng notes some APC governors had filed a suit against the federal government over the naira redesign policy.

The Supreme Court ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) not to implement the February 10 deadline for the old Naira notes swap but the apex bank's governor, Godwin Emefiele, said there was no need to shift the deadline.

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President Muhammadu Buhari also toed a similar path as he declared that old N500 and N1000 notes were no longer legal tender, leaving only the old N200 notes to circulate until April 10.

The move infuriated the APC governors, making some of them issue counter directives to residents in their state.

Tinubu arrives meeting

Meanwhile, the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has also arrived at the meeting.

The APC disclosed this via its official Twitter handle.

Court gives verdict on suit filed by Buhari's ex-minister against Tinubu

In another report, the Court of Appeal in Abuja dismissed a suit filed by the loyal group of former minister of state for education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba seeking to disqualify Tinubu.

In a statement sent to Legit.ng, the court said the suit, which was filed by the Incorporated Trustees of Rights for All International (ITRAI), was incomplete.

Source: Legit.ng