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Crisis Brews In APC Over Election Of New National Officers

by Victor Ndubuisi August 24, 2023

written by Victor Ndubuisi 2 minutes read

After candidates were chosen to fill openings on the National Working Committee (NWC) and in the zonal leadership of the party, a crisis may be developing inside the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Ajibola Basiru, the party’s national secretary, revealed the results of the NWC meeting held at the APC National Secretariat as well as the election of the new officials during a media briefing.

The new officials include Garba Datti Muhammad (Kaduna State) who will take Salihu Moh Lukman’s place as national vice chairman for the North West (North West), and Ali Bukar Dalori (Borno State) who will replace him as deputy national chairman for the North (North East Zone).

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Ajibola revealed that Abdul Karim Abubakar Kana (Nasarawa State) (North Central Zone) was chosen by the NWC to fill the job of national legal adviser in place of his departing predecessor.

Additionally, he declared Mary Alile Idele of Edo State to be the new national women’s leader (South-South) and Donatus Nwankpa of Abia State as the new national welfare secretary (South East Zone) to succeed the late Friday Nwosu.

Duro Meseko (Kogi State) was chosen by the ruling party to replace Yakubu Ajaka as the deputy national publicity secretary (North Central Zone), while Ikani Shuaibu Okolo (Kogi State) would serve as the zonal organising secretary (North Central).

The election of officers from the states of Abia, Kogi, and Cross River, however, might plunge the party into an unwelcome crisis.

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The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Beta Edu, who had earlier supported Dr. Stella Odey-Ekpo, among other party officials and chieftains, purportedly lost to Adams Oshiomhole’s candidature, according to the report.

Additionally, James Faleke defeated Governor Yahaya Bello for the position of deputy national publicity secretary.

According to the same allegations, the candidates Benjamin Kalu, the deputy speaker of the house of representatives, and Ikechi Emenike, the state chairman, both lost to Hope Uzodimma, the candidate for governor of Abia State.

The former women leader, Edu, reportedly rushed the national secretariat at around 6:20 p.m. to protest the removal of her candidate, who had already essentially assumed office, in response to the results.

August 24, 2023

UPDATE: APC NWC Proposes Date For Mini Convention

by Victor Ndubuisi July 20, 2023

written by Victor Ndubuisi 2 minutes read

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) has recommended holding a mini-convention next month (August) to fill the offices of National Chairman and Secretary.

In dramatic circumstances, Adamu Abdullahi and Iyiola Omisore resigned as National Chairman and National Secretary on Sunday.

A member of the NWC told reporters that the possibility of the acting National Chairman, Abubakar Kyari, making the ministerial list has required the convening of the elective mini-convention as soon as possible.

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According to the source, the national leadership believed that organizing the mini-convention to fill the vacant posts would help the unfreezing of party accounts.

“We have already started preparing for the mini-convention, and I can assure you that it will not be too long. We are looking at the possibility of holding it within one month, tentatively next week, August, if there is no reason to change the plans we are already making.

“We have to organise the mini-convention as soon as possible because there is every likelihood that our acting chairman may cross over to the executive side. There shall be no vacuum that will make the party suffer.

“But even if the acting chairman didn’t eventually cross over as anticipated, he cannot continue in acting capacity for too long. We don’t want to be like the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Committee that lasted from six months to years,” the source said.

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“You also know that our accounts have been frozen due to the leadership crisis we had and the resignation of two of the signatories. Yes, we are making arrangements to unfreeze the accounts, but we also know that having a substantive national leadership through the elective mini-convention will fast-track the process,” the source added.

July 20, 2023

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BREAKING: Kyari Takes Over As Acting APC Chair After Abdullahi Adamu’s Resignation

by Victor Ndubuisi July 17, 2023

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Senator Abubakar Kyari, Deputy National Chairman (North) of the All Progressives Congress, has taken over the party’s National Working Committee, NWC.

Kyari’s takeover confirms Senator Abdullahi Adamu’s resignation as APC National Chairman over the weekend.

Senator Iyiola Omisore, the party’s National Secretary, was said to have accepted Adamu’s resignation.

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However, at around 10:40 a.m. on Monday, the Deputy National Chairman convened a meeting in his office with a team of seven additional NWC members.

Kyari’s automobile was discovered parked in the spot intended for the National Chairman.

Omisore arrived at the secretariat about 11:20 a.m. and joined the others in the meeting.

July 17, 2023

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10th NASS: APC Governors Hold Crucial Meeting With Party’s NWC

by Victor Ndubuisi May 31, 2023

written by Victor Ndubuisi 1 minutes read

On Wednesday, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and governors elected on its platform met.

The gathering took place in the national secretariat of the party in Abuja.

A few minutes after five o’clock, the Governors began to arrive, and they entered right away for the meeting with the NWC.

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Governors of Imo, Hope Uzodinma, Yobe, Mai Mala Buni, Kogi, Yahaya Bello, Nasarawa, Abdullahi Sule, Niger, Mohammed Umar Bago, Kaduna, Ubah Sani, Gombe, Mohammed Inua Yahaya, and Kebbi, Nasir Idris are just a few of them who have been observed.

Despite the fact that the meeting’s agenda was kept a secret, a NWC source claimed it was summoned to talk about the leadership zoning plans for the 10th National Assembly.

The meeting was still in progress at the time of filing this report.

May 31, 2023

UPDATE: Senators-elect To Hold Crucial Meeting With Bola Tinubu

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UPDATE: Tinubu To Meet APC NWC, NASS Leadership Aspirants

by Victor Ndubuisi May 21, 2023

written by Victor Ndubuisi 2 minutes read

Bola Tinubu, the incoming president, is scheduled to meet with APC National Working Committee members and contenders for leadership positions in the 10th National Assembly.

According to news sources, several of the candidates disapproved of the zoning plan for the 10th National Assembly leadership that the leadership of the ruling party issued on May 28.

Remember that the APC NWC chose Tajudeen Abbas (Kaduna/North West) for Speaker of the House of Representatives, Godswill Akpabio (Akwa-Ibom/South-South) for President of the Senate, Jibrin Barau (Kano/North-West) for Deputy President of the Senate, and Benjamin Kalu (Abia/South-East) for Deputy Speaker.

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An adviser to the President-elect told The Punch on Saturday that Tinubu would meet with all of the candidates today (Sunday) to ease the tension brought on by the party’s endorsement of some of them. The aide spoke on the condition of anonymity.

The aide went on to say that the former governor of Lagos State might either agree to the formula for dividing the leadership roles in the Assembly or request a review of the zoning plan.

According to a source, Tinubu received a message from APC Chairman Abdullahi Adamu urging him to come home because his absence was already costing him control of the 10th National Assembly leadership contest.

A source said: “Abdullahi Adamu was said to have sent words to him (Tinubu) on Thursday night that he was losing grip of the protests against the zoning issue, especially when Gbajabiamila reported the outcome of his encounter with the Reps-elect at Transcorp, a meeting that was attended by less than 80 Reps out of 113 that have appended their signatures. Some fraudulent Reps even appended fake signatures.”

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After protesting at the party’s national headquarters for days, Adamu told several Senate and House candidates separately that a review of the zoning plan would be postponed until Tinubu returned to the country.

May 21, 2023

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Speakership And Senate Presidency: Anxiety As APC Throws NASS Leadership Contest Open

by Victor Ndubuisi May 18, 2023

written by Victor Ndubuisi 5 minutes read

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) intends to open the race for the 10th National Assembly’s leadership positions.

Remember that the party had declared Senator Jibrin Barau (North West) as its preferred candidate for Deputy Senate President in the 10th Assembly and Senator Godswill Akpabio (South-South) as its consensus choice for Senate presidency.

Additionally, the APC chose Benjamin Kalu (South East) as its top choice for Deputy Speaker and Tajudeen Abbas (North West) as its consensus choice for Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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However, lawmakers-elect who had stated their desire to run for the top positions reacted angrily to the zoning plan published by the ruling party.

According to sources who spoke to Newsmen on Wednesday, the APC NWC is urging Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, to declare the election open because it believes that its proposed zoning may be foiled.

The APC stalwart added that the party’s leadership had learned that the G-6, a group of disgruntled candidates, had already chosen a consensus candidate.

He said: “It appears the National Working Committee is suspicious that their plan may not go as planned and that is why they are recommending a free contest.

“Secretly, they have recommended a free contest because they (NWC) have intelligence that the G-6 aspirants have already adopted a consensus candidate among themselves but they have not revealed the identity of that person.

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“The G-6 aspirants are confusing the party, the Gbaja boys are also confused because they don’t know who they are throwing up.”

According to a different source, the G-6 candidates for speakership may have decided to choose a deputy speaker from the South-South geopolitical zone.

He said: “Secondly, they have got concrete information that the G-6 is going to the South-South to pick their deputy.”

A lawmaker-elect also spoke, urging the party leadership to take action right once to fix the zoning arrangement and prevent a party crisis from developing.

The APC leader further disclosed that there is reliable information indicating that the G-6’s G-6 hopefuls have already established an agreement with the opposition parties.

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He said: “There are issues and they need to be confronted because the more we delay in solving the issues once and for all, the more we keep on having fresh ones.

“For instance, we have credible intelligence that the aggrieved aspirants who have formed the G-6 are already in an alliance with the opposition parties.

“Initially, we thought it was not going to work but we gathered credible information that they swore to themselves not to betray one another and went ahead to concede the deputy speakership slot to the opposition parties.

“We first considered it an act of indiscipline and anti-party but in a second thought, we needed to be smart to throw the contest open to all aspirants. Whoever wins at every point is after all a party man.

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“Some suggested that they should be sanctioned but we looked at the bigger picture because we must learn from experience as party administrators. What are the consequences for those aspirants? And what are those consequences on the party as a whole?

“So, the message the party chairman gave to Senator Akpabio and his team when they visited was a coded message. It is left for them to decode it because it is difficult to do another rejoinder to repudiate what we had said earlier on zoning.

“More importantly, our initial thought was that the aggrieved aspirants would quickly adopt someone amongst them but they are also smart enough not to do so for now.

“That keeps the suspense high and it will be risky to allow them to do the damage by allying with the opposition parties swiftly on the floor of the parliament that day.

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“Of course, we know too well that most of the people milling around Akpabio or Abbas are playing politics. So, what is the guarantee that all are with us?

“So we have decided to slow down and lower our tone on streamlining to individuals; let all those interested come out to contest because if we don’t allow that to happen, the gang up of the aggrieved APC aspirants and the opposition will be too risky for us.”

May 18, 2023

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APC NWC Adopts Tinubu’s Zoning Template, Picks Akpabio

by Victor Ndubuisi May 8, 2023

written by Victor Ndubuisi 1 minutes read

The All Progressives Congress’ (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) has approved a zoning pattern for the 10th National Assembly’s key officer positions.

The party stated that the Senate President would come from the South South, and specifically, Senator Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom), in a paper released at the conclusion of the NWC meeting in Abuja on Monday.

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Others are “Deputy Senate President – North West-Senator Barau Jubrin (Kano).

Speaker, House of Representatives North West-Hon. Abass Tajudeen (Kaduna).

Deputy Speaker South East-Hon. Ben Kalu (Abia)”.

May 8, 2023

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10th NASS: Crisis Rocks APC As Wase, Doguwa Reject Tinubu’s Consensus Candidates

by Victor Ndubuisi May 8, 2023

written by Victor Ndubuisi 1 minutes read

After several contenders for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly rejected the party’s consensus picks for the posts of Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Senate President, and Senate President, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been thrown into a new crisis.

Earlier, news organizations reported that the National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC had approved Hon. Abass Tajudeen (Kaduna) for Speaker and Ben Kalu (Abia) for Deputy Speaker (South East) seats.

Additionally, the APC zoned the positions of Deputy Senate President (Senator Barau Jubrin of Kano) and Senate President (Senator Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom).

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Before the ruling party made the announcements, it was reported that Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the president-elect, had also approved the aforementioned candidates.

However, the current Majority Leader and Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Idris Wase and Alhasan Ado Doguwa, respectively, rejected the consensual agreement made public by the party on Monday night during a news conference.

Wase and Doguwa declared that they would prevent any “hijacking” of the 10th National Assembly.

The legislators promised to continue with their own campaigns for speaker.

May 8, 2023

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Tinubu, APC NWC To Meet Lawmakers-elect Over 10th NASS Leadership

by Victor Ndubuisi April 25, 2023

written by Victor Ndubuisi 2 minutes read

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) members and the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, are anticipated to meet with the lawmakers-elect to discuss the leadership of the first National Assembly.

The meeting is slated to take place this week in Abuja before the 10th National Assembly is sworn in on June 5, 2023, according to newsmen.

The upcoming conference will take place against the backdrop of the competition between interested candidates for the positions of Speaker of the House of Representatives and President of the Senate.

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According to a rumor from the Tinubu camp, after his Monday return from France, the president-elect will assume control and provide guidance.

In order to prevent a repeat of the 2015 event that resulted in Senators Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara serving as the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively, it was reported that the APC NWC would meet with Tinubu.

Bala Ibrahim, the APC’s director of publicity, acknowledged the NWC meeting might happen this week in an interview with Newsmen on Sunday. By then, party members must have returned from the holiday vacation and their journey to Saudi Arabia for the lesser hajj.

He said, “We are expecting the President-elect to arrive hopefully from tomorrow (Monday). I may not be sure of the exact date, but I think the NWC meeting will also take place this week after everybody must have returned from the holiday break and their trip from Umrah.”

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Members-elect have stated that they will let the APC choose the leadership zoning for the 10th National Assembly.

The parliamentarians stated their willingness to follow the party’s decisions regarding the leadership dispute and urged for fairness and equity in the distribution of offices and positions.

April 25, 2023

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What Tinubu Told APC NWC Members During Visit Emerge (Video)

by Victor Ndubuisi September 7, 2022

written by Victor Ndubuisi 3 minutes read

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) presidential hopeful, met with the group’s National Working Committee on Wednesday (NWC).

The meeting between Tinubu and the party leaders reportedly took place at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja, according to Anaedoonline.ng.

As this platform previously reported, a high level of security was in place during the conference, and access to the APC secretariat was restricted for security and crowd control reasons.

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Senator Kashim Shettima, a former governor of Borno State and APC vice presidential candidate, was also present at the meeting.

Our correspondent learned that the conference covered a variety of topics, including party policies and plans to win the country’s upcoming general elections in 2023.

APC leader Joe Igbokwe shared a video on his Facebook page that provided additional details about the meeting’s events, including a clip of Tinubu speaking to the NWC members.

Below is what he said in the video.

“…To the National Working Committee, we welcome you to this office in the spirit of success. We started with prayer, we gonna end up with prayers,” Tinubu said.

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The former Lagos Governor described the meeting as a family affair, assuring that APC is the right party to lead Nigerians to prosperity.

He said; “I can’t pick you up individually but I say welcome because it’s a family thing for all of us and we are facing a very crucial election and this election is going to decide and navigate the way forward for our country between progressives and the conservative thinkers. Between ideas and actual execution of actions that will lead Nigeria to a realizable hope and prosperity.”

The APC presidential candidate informed the NWC members that every stakeholder is already working to secure the party’s success during the 2023 elections. He added that he is confident the party will be successful at the polls with everyone’s dedication and commitment.

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“I assure you, we’ve started working, we’ve started thinking, harnessing our brain and together, the party and the candidates working in various capacities with commitment and dedication, we will all wear the medal of honour,” he added.

Watch the video below.

September 7, 2022

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