APC NWC Slams illegal NEC, Scorns Buhari’s Sack

BY VICTOR BUORO, ABUJA – The dissolved National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by its suspended Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole is spoiling for war with the Party’s structures, vowing to defend the APC’s constitution to the later.

Sending strong signals to express its resolve at seeking justice, the embattled NWC described the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting that was convened by Chief Victor Giodom as illegal.

The virtual NEC meeting, which was attended by President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and 15 governors of the party resolved and endorsed the .NWC’s dissolution.

But in a statement jointly signed by the Vice Chairman South South of the party, Ntufam Hilliard Ettah and Alhaji Waziri Bulama, the National Secretary, the ERS while NWC maintained that Chief Victor Giodom had no authority or powers whatsoever to convene a meeting of the APC’s NEC

Citing relevant sections of the Party’s constitution, the sacked NWC however said it is studying the situation with relevant stakeholders and lawyers in order to come up with their next line of action.

Reports indicate that 18 out of 20 members of the erstwhile NWC signed the press statement rejecting the President Buhari’s proposed dissolution that was unanimously endorsed by the highly contentious emergency NEC meeting.

The statement read in parts:

“The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress wishes to reiterate its earlier position that Chief Victor Giodom has no authority or whatsoever to convene a meeting of the National Executive Committee of our party.

“Article 25(B) of the Constitution of the APC is explicit that only the National Chairman or the National Working Committee (NWC) is given the prerogative of summoning meetings of the emergency meetings. The same position of the Constitution makes it compulsory for a notice of minimum of 14 days in respect statutory quarterly meetings and 7 days in respect of emergency meetings.

“We noted that Chief Victor Giodom had conducted a virtual meeting purportedly to be a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of our party wherein certain far reaching resolutions were purportedly reached. While the National Working Committee is studying the unfolding drama, it will be consulting with stakeholders and a team of lawyers on the next line of action.

“Therefore, all members of our party and concerned Nigerians are urged to remain calm pending the outcome of the consultations”.