Waziri Bulama, national secretary of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), says a meeting of the national executive committee (NEC) called
by Victor Giadom, deputy national secretary, is “illegal”.
In a letter dated June 23, Giadom notified the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) of an APC NEC meeting fixed for Thursday.
President Muhammadu Buhari subsequently endorsed Giadom and
promised to attend the meeting scheduled for Aso Rock.
In a statement on Wednesday, Bulama, while citing court
rulings, said members of the party should disregard the notice of the NEC
meeting because Gaidom is not part of the national working committee (NWC) or
an APC member.
“We are constrained to once again react to a purported
invitation to a National Executive Committee meeting of our great party; the
All Progressives Congress (‘APC’) issued by one Victor Giadom who until the
last general elections in 2019 held the position of deputy national secretary
of the party,” the national secretary said.
“Our esteemed members are advised to disregard this
invitation because the author and sole signatory of the said invitation is not
by a member of the National Working Committee (‘NWC’) of our party, talk more
of being an Acting National Chairman as claimed.
“He had voluntarily resigned in compliance with Article
31(1)(i) of our Constitution to contest the position of Deputy Governor in
Rivers State during the last general elections and has not been re-nominated by
his Zone to return to that office.
“Further, his non-membership of the NWC has been affirmed by
the Courts and an Order restraining him from parading himself as a member of
the NWC.
“Our leader, the President of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria is renowned for insisting on compliance with our constitution and rule
of law.
“It can therefore not be true that Mr. President supports
the convening of such an illegal NEC by a non-member of APC’s NWC. We urge all
to disregard the said notice as neither the NWC nor the NEC has called for such
a meeting.”
APC has been engulfed in a crisis following an order by the
appeal court affirming the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as APC chairman.
While Abiola Ajimobi, a former Oyo governor, was declared
acting chairman, Giadom said he had over the leadership of the party.
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