Tag: APC Crisis

APC crisis: Lukman dares Adamu, Omisore to expel him over exposure of wrongdoings

Aminu Imam

The last is yet to be heard of the crisis rocking the ruling All-Progressives Congress (APC) as a member of the National Working Committee (NWC), Dr. Salihu Lukman says nobody can stop him from pointing out wrongdoings in the party. Lukman, who is the APC National Vice-Chairman, North-West, accused the national chairman and secretary of the party, Senators Abdullahi Adamu and Iyiola Omisore of bullying and intimidating him over his stance on the way and manner the party is being administered. In an open letter to APC leaders, he maintained…

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APC crisis: Buhari meets Buni in London, orders him to take charge of Party

Aminu Imam

…As Buni cancels APC NEC meeting slated for today The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, (CECPC), Mai Mala Buni, yesterday, paid a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in London, UK. Buni made the brief stop-over in London following a medical trip to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, (UAE). According to one of his aides, the Yobe State Governor and the President “had a brief and fruitful discussion on measures to move APC forward preparatory to the national convention and the 2023 General election”. During…

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APC Leadership Crisis: President Buhari requests for order in party

Aminu Imam

To avoid a further worsening of a brewing leadership crisis in All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari has warned the leaders (and membership) of the APC to desist from name-calling and backstabbing ahead of the oncoming March 26 Convention. The president urged them to remain steadfast and maintain its unity if the party is to continue in the path of victory and its dominance at all levels throughout the country. President Buhari asked the members to look at the once-powerful ‘main opposition’ Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), now enfeebled and…

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APC Leadership Crisis: Buni’s letter counters el-Rufa’i’s narrative

Aminu Imam

The crisis in the All Progressives Congress, (APC), has deepened following a letter by Governor Mai Mala Buni, which faulted Kaduna State governor Nasir el-Rufai’s narrative on his purported removal as the chairman of the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, (CECPC). The letter dismissed el-Rufai’s claims that Buni was sacked as the party’s chairman. Buni’s camp claimed that the embattled APC caretaker committee legally handed over the affairs of the party to Governor Abubakar Sani Bello before travelling out. In the letter, dated February 28th, Buni directed Governor Bello to…

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APC Crisis: Akpanudoedehe adamant, denies resigning as Secretary

Aminu Imam

The National Secretary of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, has said he won’t resign his position until President Buhari says so. Akpanudoedehe, who stated this on Tuesday in Abuja, while addressing newsmen after the story of his resignation broke earlier, explained that he cannot just resign because some people said the President said so. He insisted that he remained the National Secretary of the party.

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Absences of membership register cause of recurring crisis in APC – Buni

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde Chairman of the Caretaker Extraordinary/Convention Planning Committee of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Mai Mala Buni, said the absence of membership register updates is responsible for some of the conflicts that have caused the party major losses in multiple states and in a number of elections. The APC’s Caretaker Chairman explained that the ongoing nationwide membership registration exercise was aimed at nipping the problem in the bud. “Our immediate tasks of resolving the various conflicts across the states have been largely successful. In many of the flashpoints,…

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2023: Senator Lawan denies presidential ambition

Ishaku Yohanna

A recent report alleging that Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, is nursing a presidential ambition has been dismissed by his spokesperson, Ola Awoniyi. Awoniyi in a statement on Saturday, July 18, said the report claiming Ahmad Lawan is intending to contest for the presidency should be regarded as beer parlour gossips. A media report on Friday said Lawan is scheming to contest for the presidency in 2023. Consultations were ongoing among major stakeholders in the party to make Lawan’s goal to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in office a reality, according to…

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APC Crisis: Buni’s committee under pressure over divided state chapters

Ishaku Yohanna

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extra-ordinary National Convention Planning Committee is coming under massive pressure from prominent power blocs and chieftains to sack some of the state executive councils. But the Governor Mai-Mala Buni led committee  is exercising caution in their handling the issue especially as it relates to  Rivers, Ogun, Kaduna and Lagos States, according to reports. The Nation reports that party leaders, including Governors, Ministers, National Assembly members and others are seeking Buni’s prompt intervention in the affairs of some of the divided state chapters, while the committee has been inundated with petitions…

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