The Rainbow
Despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s recognition of Victor Giadom as the acting Chairman of All Progressives Congress and his announcement that he would attend the meeting called by him today, the turbulence in the party is yet to simmer.
The National Working Committee, members who recognise Ntufam Hillard Etagbo Eta as the acting chairman, have rejected the invitation to the party’s National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting scheduled to hold on Thursday, June 25.
Buhari is expected to preside over the meeting with Victor Giadom, acting national chairman of the party who was recognised by the court.
Buhari through his media aide Garba Shehu had explained that his decision to recognise Giadom was based on legal opinions of his advisers on what is the position of law as regards recent court orders.
NWC members in a press release issued on Wednesday, June 24, and which was signed by Eta (factional acting national chairman of APC) and Waziri Bulama, its acting national secretary, made their podition not to attend the NEC meeting known.
The faction’s statement reads, “We wish to unequivocally state that members of the National Working Committee (NWC) believe that the President was offered wrong advise or blackmailed into lending his weighty office to the illegality of the National Executive Committee meeting purportedly convened by one Victor Giadom on June 25th June, 2020.
“We hereby respectfully implore Mr. President to kindly avail himself with the facts of the matter regarding the impasse presently experienced by the party so as to guide him in his assessment of the matter because we are sure that the President if properly advised would come to the conclusion that the meeting convened by Chief Victor Giadom bothers on illegality and criminality.
“The National Working Committee (NWC) regrets to turn down the invitation to the illegal and unconstitutional National Executive Committee (NEC) convened by Chief Victor Giadom.
“We believe that attending such a meeting will amount to embracing illegalities and turning a blind eye to the infractions on the Constitution of our great Party.”
