The crisis engulfing the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) took a new turn on Tuesday, when members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) warned that Abdullahi Adamu’s dictatorial approach would no longer be accepted.
Members of the NWC bemoaned the fact that the National Chairman makes decisions on his own when it suited him.
They also condemned him for using President Muhammadu Buhari’s name to bully NWC members into adopting his choices.
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In a statement issued Tuesday titled, “APC and the Need for Vigilance: Urgent Call for Intervention”, and jointly signed by the National Vice Chairman, North-West, Dr. Salihu Lukman and the National Vice Chairman, South-West, Mr. Isaacs Kekemeke, said no member was elected at the March 26, 2022, National Convention to warm seats or offices in the National Secretariat.
They bemoaned the difficulty they were having in persuading the Chairman to recognize the NWC’s elected authority.
They said that they felt obligated to make a statement after the NWC meetings were postponed twice in less than 48 hours.
The party’s leaders stated that they were convinced without a shadow of a doubt that this was a premeditated attempt to impose a fait accompli on the NWC on key matters affecting the party.
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They stated: “Within just two months in the lifespan of the new leadership of our great party, APC, led by His Excellency, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, the NWC, organ of the party vested with the power of managing the day-to-day affairs, including implementing decisions of the National Executive Committee (NEC), as provided in Article 13.4 of the APC Constitution, has been rendered redundant.
“The National Chairman takes decisions unilaterally. When it suits him, he invokes the name of our leader, President Muhammadu Buhari to blackmail NWC members into accepting his decisions.
“Every effort to get the Chairman to respect the authority of the NWC elected on March 26, 2022, APC National Convention is proving very difficult, if not impossible. Note that NEC’s donation of its powers was to NWC and not to the National Chairman or any individual.”
Against this background, the NWC members called all APC leaders to intervene urgently and call Adamu to order.
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The added: “The National Chairman must be properly reminded to recognise that the business of managing the day-to-day affairs of the party is the responsibility of the NWC as provided in provisions of the APC Constitution.
“He is free to consult any party leader(s). Such consultations will not represent decisions of the NWC or any organ of the party unless and until it is adopted by a properly constituted meeting of the NWC or organ in question according to the letters and spirit of the APC constitution.
“As a party, we have suffered enough judicial embarrassments arising from clearly avoidable leadership breach of our party’s constitution and spelt out rules.”
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