The
controversial virtual National Executive
Council (NEC) meeting of the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC) is currently underway with a new chairperson now
appointed for the party.
Attendees unanimously elected Yobe
State Governor, Mai Mala Buni as the acting chairperson of the party, a source
close to the meeting has said.
A resolution was reached that he
would combine his job as Yobe governor with the task of running the ruling
party until a national convention is held.
Mr Mala Buni was national secretary
of the party until he was elected governor in the 2019 general elections.
Other interim leaders were also
appointed but details are still sketchy at this time.
The meeting was called by the deputy
national secretary of the party, Victor Giadom, who had assumed the role of
acting national chairman.
President Muhammadu Buhati
legitimised the controversial meeting when he announced his plan to
participate. He rallied the party’s governors and other NEC members to
participate in the meeting.
The NEC is the second highest
decision making organ of the party after the congress.
Majority of the National Working
Committee (NWC) members of the party are, however, opposed to the NEC meeting,
saying Mr Giadom has no right to call such a meeting and is no longer a member
of the NWC.
The
officials, including the party’s acting national secretary, Waziri Bulama, and
its spokesperson, Lanre Issa-Onilu, do not appear to be attending the meeting.
Mr Buhari declared support for the
meeting, on Wednesday, saying “the law is on the side of Victor Giadom as
Acting National Chairman.”
Although the agenda of rbe NEC
meeting has not been stated, PREMIUM TIMES had reported that there were moves
to dissolve the troubled NWC which has split into factions and whose
substantive chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, is currently suspended.
When contacted on today’s NEC
meeting, Mr Issa-Onilu, the APC spokesperson, did not pick or return calls to
his phone.
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