Following the announcement by National Chairman of All Progressives Congress,APC,Senator Abdulahi Adamu,that Senate President, Ahmad Lawan is the Party’s consensus candidate,
members of the National Working Committee,NWC of the Party have distanced themselves from the declaration.
Speaking shortly after NWC meeting on Monday at the Party’s National Secretariat, the national organizing secretary of the Party, Ambassador Suleiman’s Argungu who led the committee members. said “We were fully briefed by our national chairman, distinguished senator Abdullahi Adamu and he did briefed us that the Senate President, Lawan is the consensus candidate for the APC national convention and that’s just for the information he gave us.”
“But it’s not an issue that has been discussed on the floor of the NWC and we have just, and just recently about two days ago, the northern Governors meeting had a meeting that the leadership of this country, under the leadership under the All Progressive Congress should go to the north.”
“And equally, the Southern governors also affirmed that.”
He explained that,”So we as members of the NWC are also with the governors on what they have said and some minutes ago the governors on the North have gone to the presidency and have just briefed the president that they are still on what they said with regards to the powership to the south.”
So categorically are you rejecting the position of the national chairman?
Furthermore responding on NWC rejecting the position of the national chairman, Argungu said, “You see it’s just an information he gave us, and it’s not an issue that have to be deliberated on the floor of the NWC is an information and all of us are entitled to our opinion, we are all democrats and we can exercise whatever.”
“This decision was never taken by the NWC, but an information given to the NWC.It has never been deliberated”, He said.
NWC members present at the press briefing include: Chief Victor Gaidom, vice chairman (South South); Chief Isaac Kekemeke, vice chairman (South West); Nze Chidi Duru, the assistant national organising secretary among others.