APC vice chairs accuse him in a breakout of discord
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Two National Vice Chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have accused
National Working Committee (NWC) Chairman Abdullahi Adamu of sidelining them in decision making and using Muhammadu Buhari’s name to foster discord.
APC National Vice Chairman (North West) Salihu Lukman and National Vice Chairman (South West) Isaacs Kekemeke said Adamu takes unilaterally decisions and namedrops the President who hand picked him for the job on 26 March.
They levelled the allegation on Tuesday in Abuja in a joint statement titled, “APC and the need for vigilance: urgent call for intervention”, and urged Buhari and other stakeholders to check Adamu before he wrecks the party.
Henceforth, any decision Adamu takes without agreement of the NWC will be considered “illegitimate and an infringement on the jurisdictional scope of the NWC” unless approved by the NWC or other organs of the APC, they said.
“We are compelled to make this statement following serial postponement of the scheduled National Working Committee (NWC) meetings, twice within 48 hours.
“We are convinced beyond doubt that this is a deliberate attempt to foist a fait accompli on the NWC on fundamental issues that affect our great party.
“Within just two months in the lifespan of the new leadership of our great party, APC, led by … Abdullahi Adamu, the NWC, organ of the party vested with the power of managing the day-to-day affairs, including implementing decisions of the National Executive Committee (NEC), as provided in Article 13.4 of the APC Constitution, has been rendered redundant.
“The National Chairman takes decisions unilaterally. When it suits him, he invokes the name of our leader, President Muhammadu Buhari to blackmail NWC members into accepting his decisions.
“Every effort to get the Chairman to respect the authority of the NWC as elected by March 26, 2022, APC National Convention is proving very difficult, if not impossible.
“Note that NEC’s donation of its powers was to NWC and not to the National Chairman or any individual.”
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Judicial embarrassments
“The National Chairman must be properly reminded to recognise that the business of managing the day-to-day affairs of the party is the responsibility of the NWC as provided in provisions of the APC Constitution,” the statement added, per reporting by The Nation.
“He is free to consult any party leader(s).
“Such consultations will not represent decisions of the NWC or any organ of the party unless and until it is adopted by a properly constituted meeting of the NWC or organ in question according to the letters and spirit of the APC constitution.
“As a party, we have suffered enough judicial embarrassments arising from clearly avoidable leadership breach of our party’s constitution and spelt out rules.
APC should return to founding mission
“As members of the NWC who have the mandate of our members, we hereby serve notice to … Abdullahi Adamu, and through him to all APC leaders that henceforth, any decision taken by the National Chairman or any other party functionary, which require the approval of the NWC as enshrined in the APC constitution, will be considered as illegitimate and an infringement on the jurisdictional scope of the NWC, unless otherwise confirmed as validly approved decisions of the NWC or any other legitimate organ of the party.
“No NWC member is elected at the March 26, 2022, National Convention to warm seats or offices in the National Secretariat.
“We, therefore, call on all our colleagues in the NWC to rise to these challenging situations by joining hands with us to save our great party and return it to its founding mission of moving Nigeria forward based on an honest, fair, just and selfless commitment to party building. God bless our party!”