Sens. Abdullahi Adamu and Iyiola Omisore, the current National Chairman and Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Prior to the now postponed National Caucus and National Executive Council (NEC) sessions, which were scheduled for Monday, August 18, and Tuesday, August 19, respectively, the pair reportedly resigned from their seats early last week.
President Tinubu, the party’s overall leader, has sway within the APC ranks and is anticipated to be a major factor in the rise of new party leaders.
Although there was no official statement on the reason for the visit as of the time of this report, Daily Trust reports that the meeting was part of efforts to sort out issues surrounding the party’s leadership.
The former chairman had in an exclusive interview with Daily Trust said that he was not going to make any comments on the development until President Tinubu, who was away in Nairobi, Kenya, returned to the country.
Although neither Adamu nor Omisore has openly announced their resignation since it became news, the Acting National Chairman, who was Deputy National Chairman (North), Abubakar Kyari, while speaking to journalists after a meeting of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) in Abuja, said both leaders had resigned.
“The NWC wishes to inform you of the resignation of the National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and that of the National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore and with this development, and according to the constitution of the All Progressives Congress (APC), it is now incumbent on my humble self, Senator Abubakar Kyari, as a Deputy National Chairman, North, to assume the office of the acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“And subsequently, also, the Deputy National Secretary, Festus Fuantar, will now assume the office of the acting National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“And with this recent developments in the change of leadership, I will like to inform everybody here that the proposed National Caucus meeting slated for Tuesday, the 18th of July 2023, and the National Executive Committee meetings of the All Progressives Congress (APC) slated for Wednesday, 19th of July 2023 are hereby been postponed.
And this postponement will not be indefinite but a new date will be communicated in the near future,” he said.
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