APC Crisis: Tension Erupts as Adamu, National Vice Chairman Land in Court
- The deputy national vice chairman of the APC (Northwest), Salihu Lukman, has dragged the national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, to the federal high court in Abuja
- Lukman, in suit a, accused Adamu of abusing the constitution of the APC over his failure to constitute the NEC meeting of the party for over a year
- The aggrieved APC leader joined Adamu, the APC national secretary, Iyiola Omisore and INEC as the 1st, 2nd and 3rd respondents in the suit
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FCT, Abuja - There is fresh tension in the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the crisis rocking the ruling party gets tense with its national vice chairman (North-West), Salihu Lukman, charging Abdullahi Adamu, the national chairman, to court.
According to Daily Trust, Lukman, in suit number, FHC/ABJICS/ 573Adamu, is accusing the national chairman of abusing the party's constitution.
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Why did Salihu Lukman drag Adamu to court?
Recall that the deputy national chairman had earlier issued a 7-day ultimatum to Adamu to constitute the party's National Executive Committee (NEC), the party's second-highest decision-making body or risk legal action.
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In the suit, Lukman joined Adamu; Iyiola Omisore, the APC national secretary; and the Independent National Electoral Commission as the 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants.
The aggrieved APC leader had filed the suit through his lawyer, Mohammed Kabir Abdullahi Esq, before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, April 27.
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Lukman is asking the court to compel Adamu, Omisore and INEC to convene the APC's NEC meeting to present the activities of the party from the last time the party held its NEC meeting on April 28, 2022, to the previous meeting of the National Working Committee on April 17, 2023.
The aggrieved deputy national chairman was the former Director-General of the Progressives Governors Forum.
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Legit.ng earlier reported that President Muhammadu Buhari has said the opposition lost to Bola Tinubu and the APC because of their overconfidence during the general election.
Buhari, in a veiled shading of Atiku Abubakar of PDP and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, who are the major oppositions, said they lied to their foreign allies that they would defeat the APC.
According to the president, the APC was careful and worked hard during the election, which is why the ruling party retained power through the poll.
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