The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has invited members of the National Working Committeethe to a meeting.
According to a leaked circular, the meeting was slated for next Wednesday, May 3.
The invitation followed litigation by a top-ranking member of the NWC, Mallam Salihu Lukman against Adamu and the party’s National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore, over an alleged disregard of the party’s constitution.
The continued disagreement between the Kaduna politician and the APC national chairman has been on for about one year.
The party chieftain did not only accuse the former governor of sidelining some members of the NWC, but the APC National Vice Chairman for the North-West berated the way Adamu allegedly prevails on his stooges within NWC to approve important decisions he singlehandedly took.
The agelong disagreement, however, took a new dimension on Thursday as Adamu and Omisore were formally served the court summon.
In the leaked memo made available to our correspondent, the notice read, “Distinguished NWC members, HE, the national chairman, has called the regular NWC meeting for Wednesday, 3rd May, 2023.
“This notice is given early enough to allow our esteemed members to attend. Thanks for your attention. Good afternoon, everyone. Time of the meeting is 12 noon prompt.”
The reasons for the meeting were not stated in the circular.
As source at the party secretariat said, “There is just so much to discuss. From the issue of zoning the National Assembly seats to the NWC contribution to a smooth transition between the current APC government and that of the president-elect, and the need to bring in external auditors to look into the books before we hand over the financial report.”
In similar development, the Deputy National Organising Secretary of the APC, Nze Chidi Duru, revealed that the NWC members had yet to decide on the zoning of principal offices of the National Assembly.
