Notable founding members and former
political officeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) like former
president Muhammadu Buhari, his vice, Yemi Osinbajo and others apparently angry
with the party were conspicuously absent at the party’s National Executive
Committee (NEC) held at the national secretariat of the party on Wednesday in
Abuja.
Other heavyweight party members notably absent during
the meeting included former governors like Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers,
Mallam Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna, Kayode Fayemi, former Senate President, Ahmed
Lawan, former Speaker and current Chief of Staff to the President Femi
Gbajabiamila, among many others.
The curiosity over their absence was because as
statutory members of the party’s NEC they were expected to be in attendance.
Though no reason was given for their absence, it,
however expected and may not be unconnected with their hostile attacks on the
party and the administration in recent times.
The list of the former governors in attendance include
Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, his Kebbi counterpart and Minister of Budget and
National Planning, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, Kogi, Yahaya Bello, Zamfara, Bello
Mattawalle, among others.
Also present during the meeting include Secretary to
the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon.
Benjamin Kalu
Former deputy president, Ovie Omo-Agege, and other
principal officers of the National Assembly, Ministers, among others.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Kashim
Shettima, Senate President, Goodwill Akpabio, Speaker, House of
Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas equally took part in the meeting.
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