SAN FRANCISCO, June 20, (THEWILL) – The crisis in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, raged Saturday with the Rivers State chapter of the party writing the National Working Committee NWC to nominate former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Worgu Boms, as replacement for the Deputy National Secretary and court appointed Acting National Chairman, Chief Victor Giadom.
The leadership crisis in the party worsened after the Court of Appeal upheld Adams Oshiomhole’s suspension and another court handed Giadom the acting national chairmanship, against the position of majority of the members of the National Working Committee, who have since disavowed Giadom’s leadership.
Hilliard Eta, the party’s Vice Chairman in the south/south zone, announced that the party in Rivers had sent a nominee to replace Giadom on the NWC.
Giadom insists he remains acting national chairman as ordered by the court and has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to recognize him in that capacity.
Meanwhile, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, Yekini Nabena, has urged the President Muhammadu to convene a National Executive Committee meeting to prevent the party from collapsing.
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Nabena told journalists that the party was heading for disintegration if the President does not intervene immediately.
“I call on our dear President to accede to the request by a majority of well-meaning party members and leaders and convene an emergency NEC meeting to address the leadership crisis and deliberate on consolidating the APC’s control of Edo and Ondo States ahead of the forthcoming governorship elections.”
According to him, the President’s position as the leader of the ruling party puts him in good stead to call every member of the party to order.
Nabena said the President should use his position to convene an emergency NEC meeting “because the crisis within the party should not be allowed to degenerate further”.
“At least four people are laying claim to the chairmanship of the APC following the court-ordered suspension of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
“All manner of Court cases and orders are flying around contesting party decisions and National Working Committee positions. Factions are festering at the national level and many states. The APC is clearly at a tipping point
