BREAKING APC Vice Chairman Protesting Against Ganduje Resigns, Gives Reason

BREAKING APC Vice Chairman Protesting Against Ganduje Resigns, Gives Reason

  • The internal crisis rocking the nation's ruling All Progressives Congress has taken a new dimension
  • This is as the North-West national vice chairman of the party, Salihu Lukman, resigned his position from the ruling party
  • Lukman has been against the appointment of the former governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as the next national chairman of the APC

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The national vice chairman (North West) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Mohammed Lukman, has resigned from his position.

Why Salihu Lukman resigned as the national vice chairman (North-West) of the APC

APC National Working Committee (NWC), Comrade Salihu Lukman, Kano state, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje
Comrade Salihu Lukman is not in support of the move to appoint Ganduje as the next chairman of the ruling APC. Photo credit: Comrade Salihu Lukman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje OFR
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As reported by Daily Trust, Lukman, a member of the APC National Working Committee (NWC) made this known through a letter dated July 26 and addressed to the party’s acting national chairman, Senator Abubakar Kyari.

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In the letter, Lukman said he resigned because the atmosphere in the party is at variance with the vision of its founding fathers.

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Lukman is against Ganduje as next APC chairman

He had said it would be suicidal to replace Senator Abdullahi Adamu, former National Chairman of the ruling party with former Kano state Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje.

APC North-West chairmen endorse Ganduje

This is coming a few hours after the North West state chairmen of the APC from the seven states endorsed Ganduje to be the next national chairman of the party, The Nigerian Tribune reported.

Adamu, Omisore meet Tinubu behind closed-door in Aso Rock a week after resigning as APC national chairman, secretary

Senator Abdullahi Adamu and Iyiola Omisore have met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

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The meeting is coming almost ten days after Adamu and Omisore resigned as national chairman and national secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), respectively.

Adamu and Omisore were seen exiting the office after the session at about 1.30 pm on Tuesday, July 25.

Ganduje vs Al-Makura: Primate Ayodele reveals who APC must appoint as next national chairman

Primate Elijah Ayodele, the leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, says the best person to become the national chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) is the former governor of Nasarawa state, Senator Tanko Al-Makura.

The cleric known for giving political prophecies made this known in a statement signed and released by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin.

Primate Ayodele advised the ruling party to choose Al-Makura as its next chairman because he is the one whose chairmanship will not plunge the party into crisis, Nigerian Tribune reported.

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