Senator Abdullahi Adamu has reportedly resigned from office as the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
According to reports, Adamu resigned his position Sunday on the alleged orders of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The report said that the National Secretary of the party, Iyiola Omisore also tendered his resignation moments after.
Adamu, a former Governor of Nasarawa State, has been facing numerous battles since the party won the 2023 presidential election held on February 25, 2023.
He supported former Senate President Ahmad Lawan whom he had declared as the party’s consensus candidate during the party’s primary which Tinubu later won.
Speaking on the development, Prime Business Africa (PBA) on Sunday said it received the unvarnished affirmation from reliable sources within the ruling party and the Presidency that Adamu “resigned a few minutes ago on the orders of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”
The APC National Working Committee (NWC) meeting was scheduled for July 17th by the embattled former Chairman in order to prepare for the July 18 and July 19 Caucus and National Executive Committee (NEC) sessions, respectively.
What becomes of the meeting originally planned for Monday is now a matter of conjecture.
Recall that the APC had scheduled the same NWC, Caucus and NEC meetings for last week but had to move it to July 17, 18 and 19 owing to internal disagreements and intra-part politics.
According to information obtained by PBA on Sunday night, the NWC and the President’s meetings were postponed, purportedly at the request of Senator Adamu.
It was also reported that all members of the NWC ”are on the same page” regarding the compulsory resignation of the National Chairman and his Secretary, Omisore.
The NWC members are also said to be miffed by the alleged lack of transparency in the party’s 2022 Account audit, which they said was “surreptitiously secured and submitted without any of the members sighting it.”
