Sens. Abdullahi Adamu and Iyiola Omisore, the beleaguered former national chairman and secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, respectively, were seen on Tuesday inside the presidential residence in Abuja, where they had a private meeting with President Bola Tinubu.
Before the scheduled National Caucus and National Executive Council (NEC) sessions to be conducted on Monday, July 18, and Tuesday, July 19, respectively, Adamu and Omisore resigned from their roles as APC leaders early last week.
It is said that Omisore and Adamu were both forced to retire.
The purpose of their visit could not be publicly verified, although it is assumed that it was part of efforts to resolve problems involving the party’s leadership.
Former Chairman Adamu was quoted as stating he would hold off on commenting on the situation until President Tinubu, who was abroad in Nairobi, Kenya, returned to the country when rumors of the duo’s resignation first surfaced.
The Acting National Chairman, Abubakar Kyari, who was Deputy National Chairman (North), told journalists after a meeting of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) in Abuja that both leaders have resigned, despite the fact that neither Adamu nor Omisore has publicly announced their alleged resignations.
“The NWC wishes to inform you of the resignation of the National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and that of the National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore and with this development, and according to the constitution of the All Progressives Congress (APC), it is now incumbent on my humble self, Senator Abubakar Kyari, as a Deputy National Chairman, North, to assume the office of the acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“And subsequently, also, the Deputy National Secretary, Festus Fuantar, will now assume the office of the acting National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“And with this recent developments in the change of leadership, I will like to inform everybody here that the proposed National Caucus meeting slated for Tuesday, the 18th of July 2023, and the National Executive Committee meetings of the All Progressives Congress (APC) slated for Wednesday, 19th of July 2023 are hereby been postponed. And this postponement will not be indefinite but a new date will be communicated in the near future”, he stated.
