APC Crisis: NWC Members Reject Ganduje, Reveals Zone That Should Produce New Chairman
- The crisis rocking the nation's ruling party takes a new dimension as the tussle for who replaces the former APC national chairman tears stakeholders apart
- While major party stalwarts are tipping former Kano Governor Abdullahi Ganduje as the next chairman, others insist the North Central region produce the next chairman
- Meanwhile, Ganduje is believed to be Bola Tinubu's most preferred candidate for the position after his huge role played in the president's emergence
The battle for who succeeds Senator Abdullahi Adamu and Senator Iyiola Omisore as the party‘s national chairman and national secretary, respectively has torn members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) apart.
There are strong indications that members of the APC’s National Working Committee (NWC) may clash with the party’s governors over a plan by the latter to adopt ex-Governor Abdullahi Ganduje as the new national chairman of the party.
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APC NWC rejects choice of Ganduje, insist N/Central must produce next party chairman
Legit.ng understands that the Progressives Governors’ Forum, the umbrella body of the party’s governors, met in Abuja and reportedly agreed to back Ganduje as Adamu’s successor.
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"APC chairmanship zoned to the North-Central geopolitical zone", NWC insists
Some APC NWC members who spoke to The PUNCH said they were opposed to the governors’ plan, insisting that the office had been zoned to the North-Central geopolitical zone. Ganduje is from the North-West Geopolitical zone.
However, a source close to the former Kano state governor confirmed that Ganduje, believed to have been penciled down as a minister, was considered at the eleventh hour as the right candidate to reunite aggrieved members of the National Working Committee and supporters of the party.
"Ganduje’s emergence will destroy existing zoning arrangement" - NWC member
In fact, the national vice chairman North-West of the APC, Salihu Lukman has cautioned against a move to give the leadership of the party's national secretariat to Ganduje, The Nigerian Tribune reported.
"Former APC chairman Adamu is owing me money": Atiku's aide makes strong allegation
Daniel Bwala, an aide to Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the February 25 Presidential Election, has alleged that the recently resigned All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, owed him some professional fee.
Bwala was a member of the ruling APC before moving to the PDP when the ruling party introduced the Muslim-Muslim ticket of President Bola Tinubu and vice president Kashim Shettima.
In his reaction to the resignation of the Adamu as APC national chairman, Bwala hailed President Tinubu and the Yoruba for not playing politics of bitterness.
Amid strong rumours of Senator Adamu's resignation, Kyari takes over APC's NWC
Legit.ng also reported that the deputy national chairman (North) of the All Progressives Party (APC) Senator Abubakar Kyari, took over the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling party.
The development confirms the widely reported resignation of the national chairman Senator Abdullahi Adamu recently.
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