Members of APC NWC Splits Over Call For Oshiomhole’s Resignation
The call by the Deputy National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Lawal Shuaibu, that the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, should resign due to alleged incompetence has polarised members of the party’s National Working Committee, The PUNCH learnt on Tuesday. The demand made by Shuaibu was said to have come to some members of the NWC as a shock, while another faction in support of Shuaibu’s action was said to have expressed satisfaction with the letter. It was gathered that the leakage of the letter to the media a few hours after it was received by Oshiomhole was
APC NWC holds emergency meeting over Zamfara
Following Friday’s Supreme Court judgement which invalidated the election of all candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC in Zamfara state, the National Working Committee of the party is currently locked in an emergency closed door meeting to discuss the way forward. Starnews learnt that meeting is to deliberate on whether to sanction those who instituted the case that led to the invalidation of the primaries conducted by the party or not. Details later..
APC Primaries: NWC Returns Omogunwa, Boroffice, Others Unopposed
The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has decided to return some senators unopposed to compensate their loyalty to the party. Recall that APC senatorial primary election holds today across Nigeria. But in a statement signed by Mr Yekini Nabena, the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the APC, the party said it has decided not to hold primary election in some states while it gave automatic tickets to some serving senators as compensation for their loyalty to the APC. Among these senators are Yele Omogunwa, Tayo Alasoadura, Ajayi Boroffice from Ondo State with several other senators from various
BREAKING: Ambode Regains Hope As NWC Cancels Lagos APC Primaries
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has regained hope as the National Working Committee of the All Progressive Congress sent from Abuja to monitor the party’s governorship primary in Lagos State has nullified the exercise held across the 20 local government areas of the state on Tuesday. According to the Punch, the Chairman of the committee, Mr. Clement Ebri, who addressed the press around 4.30pm at Protea Hotel, Alausa, said the election could not have held because the committee was still expecting the list of representatives of one of the two aspirants. The primary is being contested by Babajide Sanwo-Olu
