President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday met with immediate past National Chairman and Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Senators Abdullahi Adamu and Iyiola Omisore.
Adamu and Omisore met with the president at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Although no official confirmation about the reason for the meeting between the trio, it was gathered that the meeting must have been part of efforts to sort out issues surrounding the party’s leadership.
NewsBeatng reports that Adamu and Omisore resigned last week ahead of scheduled National Caucus and National Executive Council (NEC) meetings, which were to hold on Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 respectively.
Although neither Adamu nor Omisore has openly announced their said resignation since it became news, the Acting National Chairman, who was Deputy National Chairman (North), Abubakar Kyari, while speaking to journalists after a meeting of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) in Abuja, said both leaders had resigned.
He said: “The NWC wishes to inform you of the resignation of the National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and that of the National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore and with this development, and according to the constitution of the All Progressives Congress (APC), it is now incumbent on my humble self, Senator Abubakar Kyari, as a Deputy National Chairman, North, to assume the office of the acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“And subsequently, also, the Deputy National Secretary, Festus Fuantar, will now assume the office of the acting National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“And with this recent development in the change of leadership, I will like to inform everybody here that the proposed National Caucus meeting slated for Tuesday, the 18th of July 2023, and the National Executive Committee meetings of the All Progressives Congress (APC) slated for Wednesday, 19th of July 2023 are hereby been postponed.
“And this postponement will not be indefinite but a new date will be communicated in the near future.“
Tinubu, who is the leader of the party, is expected to determine a lot about the emergence of new party leaders.
