Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is rumored to have resigned.
The announcement came just two days before the party’s National Caucus and National Executive Committee meetings.
On Sunday night, an unidentified member of the APC’s National Working Committee (NWC) verified Adamu’s rumored resignation to Punch.
According to the source, Adamu quit after President Bola Tinubu allegedly instructed him to do so.
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Hope Uzodimma, the governor of Imo State, is claimed to have brought a letter from the President to Adamu.
The NWC member was disappointed by the choice of Nasarawa State’s previous governor.
According to the source, Adamu did not consider it necessary to address the committee before submitting his resignation.
He said, “We just heard the news this evening too like every other person that the chairman has resigned. I understand it was a directive from the presidency. I learnt it was the Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, Hope Uzodinma, who personally handed over the president’s letter to him.
“But we find his action demeaning. He could have, at least, briefed us as members of the same NWC before taking the decision.
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“With his resignation, I don’t think he will be at the meeting tomorrow. In his absence, the Deputy National Chairman for North, Senator Abubakar Kyari, will take over in line with the Constitution. It is the norm that once a national chairman resigns, the deputy national chairman from his zone will take over in an acting capacity. Although we can’t have the official confirmation until tomorrow, my sources are very reliable.”
Another source said governors begged Adamu to retire in order to avoid being fired at the NEC conference.
According to a top source close to the situation, while the former governor of Nasarawa State initially hesitant to quit, the governors’ advise convinced him to reconsider.
“It is not true,” a source close to the APC chairman claimed. But, I’ve learned, some individuals have decided to see him today or tomorrow in order to put pressure on him to resign.”
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Remember that in the run-up to the party’s presidential convention on June 8, 2022, Adamu endorsed then-Senate President Ahmad Lawan, a decision that was interpreted as an attempt to derail Tinubu’s presidential ambition at the time.
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