APC Crisis: Presidency Recognises Giadom As Acting National Chairman
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, declared support for the suspended Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressive Congress, Victor Giadom, as the party’s acting national chairman.
In affirming this, President Muhammadu Buhari will attend the National Executive Council of the APC called by Giadom to resolve the crisis rocking the party.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu confirmed this in Wednesday, in a series of tweets via his official twitter handle.
Shehu explained that his principal has determined that the law is on the side of Giadom as acting national chairman, and hopes that governors and leaders of the National Assembly will also join the virtual meeting today.
The tweet read, ” Because he will always act in accordance with the law, the President will be attending the virtual meeting Giadom called for tomorrow(today) afternoon.
“We urge the media to stop promoting manufactured controversies and to not give any further room for mischievous interpretations of the laws on this matter.
In addition to the President, the Giadom meeting will, hopefully, be attended by our Governors and the leaders of the National Assembly.”
The Ajimobi-led NWC has rejected the invitation extended to its members to attend the NEC.
The NWC said this in a statement jointly signed by the acting National Chairman, Hilliard Eta, and the acting National Secretary, Waziri Bulama, in Abuja on Wednesday.
The statement read, “We wish to unequivocally state that members of the National Working Committee believe that the President was offered wrong advice or blackmailed into lending his weighty office to the illegality of the National Executive Committee meeting purportedly convened by one Victor Giadom on 25th June, 2020.
“We hereby respectfully implore Mr President to kindly avail himself with facts of the matter regarding the impasse presently experienced by the party so as to guide him in his assessment of the matter because we are sure that the President if properly advised, would come to the conclusion that the meeting convened by Chief Victor Giadom bothers on illegality and criminality.
“The National Working Committee regrets to turn down the invitation to the illegal and unconstitutional National Executive Committee convened by Chief Victor Giadom.
“We believe that attending such a meeting will amount to embracing illegalities and turning a blind eye to the infractions on the constitution of our great party. “
