Another trouble looms in APC

Less than three weeks to its March 26 national convention, the ruling All Progressives Congress APC may have been enmeshed in another crisis of leadership following attempts by certain stakeholders to orchestrate the convening of a National Executive Committee NEC meeting of the party.

A North Central governor in the party is alleged to be rallying some of his colleagues to get them to sanction a NEC meeting where crucial decisions on the national convention will be taken.

Some governors were said to have met at a state lodge in Asokoro on Sunday afternoon while another meeting was reportedly planned for Sunday night at another Governor’s Lodge within the same Asokoro.

A top party source told Vanguard Sunday night in Abuja that some forces want to capitalize on the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately convene such meeting and make far-reaching decisions which will be presented to the president on his return to the country.

“There are speculations that one of the governors has been trying to get his colleagues to support him in calling for a NEC meeting. It is nothing strange, except that the president is not around and they want to take some important decisions in his absence. There are those who often use their closeness to the president to sell their own ideas as the position of the party.

“The argument of those who oppose the NEC meeting is that the CECPC is was granted the powers of NEC when the Comrade Adams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee NWC was dissolved in June 2020. This is for our lawyers to determine”, said the source.