JUST IN: WHAT BUHARI TOLD TINUBU, OSINBAJO, OTHERS AT APC NEC MEETING
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IN: WHAT BUHARI TOLD TINUBU, OSINBAJO, OTHERS AT APC NEC MEETING
Details of the
National Executive Committee meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress,
APC have emerged. President Muhammadu Buhari asked the leadership of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) to conduct free, fair and credible primary
elections.
The meeting held at the APC national secretariat in Abuja.
While holding primaries ahead of the 2019 general elections, President Buhari
told the APC leadership to do so in compliance with the Electoral Act and the
party’s constitution.
He also urged them to ensure that critical decisions to be
reached at the NEC meeting were in the interest of the party.
On the defection of some APC members to other political
parties, the President Buhari said their exit was not enough to upset the
party.
He stressed that the defection merely made a dent in the
party, particularly in the National Assembly as the APC remains in control.
On his part, the National Chairman of the party, Mr Adams
Oshiomhole, believes those who defected left because of their ambition which
they felt cannot be realised on the APC platform.
He, however, said the party would continue with efforts
aimed at reconciling members with genuine grievances.
Other party leaders at the meeting are Vice President Yemi
Osinbajo and APC national leader, Bola Tinubu, as well as governors on the
party’s platform among others.
The NEC meeting, thereafter, entered into a closed-door
session.
There were expectations that the APC leadership would take a
position whether or not to adopt direct primaries for the 2019 general
elections.
The APC NEC meeting comes one day after President Buhari
hosted British Prime Minister, Theresa May, at the Presidential Villa in the
Federal Capital Territory.
