NEC Meeting: APC To Propose Midterm Elective Convention To Elect Adamu, Omisore’s Successors

It is no longer news that the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore, have reportedly resigned.

Following the resignation of both APC chieftains, the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting is likely to approve a timetable for a midterm elective convention to fill party vacancies.

Their resignations will be formally announced today (Monday) at the NWC meeting ahead of the Caucus and NEC meetings scheduled to hold on Tuesday, July 18 and Wednesday, July 19, respectively.

Speaking with This Day, a source in the APC said four vacant positions in the National Working Committee (NWC) need to be filled and it can only happen if an elective convention is conducted.

The source said, “You know we lost the National Welfare Secretary, Deputy National Publicity Secretary resigned, and if the chairman and the secretary are made to resign, the NEC will have to approve a midterm elective national convention of the party to fill the vacant positions.”

On Adamu’s resignation,  a party source revealed that a team of party faithful had already met with Adamu last night and persuaded him to resign rather than being shown the exit door at the NEC meeting scheduled for Wednesday, a situation they reckoned might be too embarrassing.

The source said, “The truth is that some bigwigs in the party are no longer comfortable with Adamu. They are bent on removing him and the national secretary. They have compiled their sins, presented them to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and are ready to send them out of office during the NEC meeting on Wednesday.

“But in order to mitigate the impact such removal could have on the party and the new administration, a group of party stalwarts met with the chairman tonight (last night) to advise him to resign rather than being shown the exit door at the NEC meeting slated for Wednesday, and he agreed.”

Yet, another source claimed that having seen the handwriting on the wall, Adamu and Omisore decided to throw in the towel ahead of the NWC meeting slated for noon today to avoid complicating the situation.

The source explained, “A meeting of NWC has been called for Monday at the instance of the national chairman. As usual, no agenda is on the notice of the meeting. The feelers I am getting included the fact that the chairman has been advised to throw in the towel. The truth is that the whole matter is enveloped in a lot of secrecy.”

One other source said the APC leadership had since identified a replacement for Omisore, but what delayed the change in leadership, including the postponement of the caucus meetings slated for a penultimate week, was the choice of replacement for Adamu.