APC In Crisis Over NASS Offices As Adamu Disowns Appointments

The All Progressives Congress, APC was heading towards a crisis on Tuesday after the national chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu disowned the party’s principal officers announced at the Tuesday session of the two chambers by Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker Tajudeen Abbas.

Adamu speaking during a meeting between the party’s governors and National Working Committee, NWC disclosed that the names announced at the session of the two chambers were rumours.

His rebuttal came after Senator Opeyemi Bamidele was announced as the Senate Majority Leader.

Akpabio had also announced Senator Dave Umahi ( Ebonyi South) as Deputy Majority Leader, Ali Ndume (Borno South) as Chief Whip, and Lola Ashiru (Kwara South) as the Deputy Whip.

Rebuffing the announcement, Adamu at the meeting said:

“I am just hearing as a rumour now from the online media that there have been some announcements in the Senate and House of Representatives. The national headquarters of the party of the NWC has not given any such information or communicated about the choice of offices.

“Until we formally resolve and communicate with them in writing which is the norm and practice, it is not our intention to break away from traditions. So whatever announcement is done either the President of the Senate, Deputy Senate President, Speaker or Deputy Speaker, is not from this secretariat.

“We are going to formally inform you that we are going to have a caucus. For quite a time, there has been no caucus in place. The caucus has been reconstituted according to the constitution of APC. And we will be discussing that with you as governors, you know your states more than we know it. Even if we come from the same state, the leadership is in you as governors,” Adamu said.

Following his decision to disown the appointments, Senator Adamu said that the APC will make an official announcement when the decision on the appointment of the principal officers.

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