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Primary Election Crisis: APC May Convene NEC Meeting Early November - Mhiz Rebecca - 10-27-2018
The All Progressives Congress (APC) may be
compelled to hold an emergency National Executive
Committee (NEC) meeting early next month to
address the issues arising from the primary
elections, THISDAY has learnt.
THISDAY also gathered some powerful elements in
the party are plotting to take advantage of the
meeting to determine the fate of the embattled
National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole.
However, a reliable source said that Oshiomhole’s
loyalists are working hard to stop the meeting.
But the National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Isa-
Onilu, has denied knowledge of any plan to convene
NEC meeting.
He told journalists that he was not in the know of
such plot.
Onilu said: “There is nothing as such, if it will
happen we will actually make a formal
announcement.”
A top party leader who confirmed the move to
summon the NEC, said some elements are already
lobbying for the replacement of Oshiomhole with
“former governor of Cross River State, Chief
Clement Ebiri or any other moderate fellow”.
It was learnt that those pushing for NEC meeting
have been sending messages to party stakeholders
and trying to convince them of the need to use the
opportunity to review the outcome of the recently
conducted primaries across the country.
The primary elections have generated much crisis
with some governors and other party leaders openly
calling for the removal of Oshiomhole as the
National Chairman.
One of the governors who have openly expressed
displeasure is Ondo State Governor, Rotimi
Akeredolu, who in a statement on Wednesday,
described the National Chairman as “incompetent.”
A NEC member, who pleaded anonymity, said:
“unless the current National Chairman is removed,
the party might be heading for a defeat in 2019.
When asked how feasible it is to force NWC to
convene a NEC meeting, the source said “Yes but
that Oshiomhole is trying to prevent it”.
He said: Majority of the NEC members can call for
a NEC meeting; that is what our constitution says.
We can force him to call for a NEC meeting. The
meeting is due because after the primaries NWC has
to brief us (NEC members) on the reports of the
primaries across the country. The reports have to
be reviewed and we have demanded for it through
the National Secretary’s office.
“Normally, after the primary they are suppose to
call for a NEC meeting so that they will present
the reports of the primaries to the NEC, because
some of these decisions they have taken and said
NWC has decided, there is nothing like that because
NWC is not the highest organ of the party, it is the
National Executive Committee (NEC) which the
president and the Vice President are members. NWC
is just a policy-making body of the party.
“So, currently the NWC under Oshiomhole has
breached the constitution, and I can tell you
categorically that there is no leader in APC across
the country that is happy with Oshiomhole”.
He said there were fears that about 20 House of
Representative members are planning to defect to
PDP because of the badly handled primary election.
He also accused the NWC of granting automatic
tickets to some serving lawmakers without
consulting the real stakeholders in the various
states.
Source:- Thisdaylive