The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu has been urged to convene a meeting of the party’s National Working Committee within a week or face court action.
A member of the party’s National Working Committee, NWC Mr. Salihu Lukman who is the APC National Vice Chairman in the North-West made the demand in an open letter addressed to the APC National chairman.
In the letter titled “Restoring Constitutional Order in APC – Not Negotiable” , Mr. Lukman accused Senator Adamu of disobeying the party’s constitution and taking decisions unilaterally which according to Lukman could destroy the party.
“The demands for the restoration of constitutional order in APC is primarily to arrest the drift towards the emergence of unaccountable leaders within the party, which can only be achieved by ensuring that all party organs meet regularly as directed by the party’s constitution
“The current NWC under your leadership should stop acting as a Trojan Horse programmed to destroy our party. Only compliance with and respect for our constitution by allowing all our superior organs, notably NEC, National Caucus and NAC, to function and take decisions accordingly, which should be binding on all party leaders and members can secure our party. This is not negotiable!
“Therefore, by this open letter, I am serving you notice of one week from today, being Wednesday, April 19, 2023 to take all the appropriate steps required to convene a NEC meeting before May 29, 2023 wherein all the issues bordering on the management of smooth transition between the outgoing government of President Buhari and the incoming government of President Asiwaju Tinubu can be considered. If by the end of this one-week notice, no action is taken to convene a NEC meeting as the first step to restore constitutional order in APC, I will not hesitate to take further actions, including approaching our courts to enforce compliance with the provisions of our party’s constitution under your leadership” Lukman said.
Referring to an earlier letter he wrote to Senator Adamu on 5th April 2023 which according to Lukman was not acknowledged or addressed, Mr. Lukman listed out nine demands in the earlier letter which he said must be addressed.
“In line with provision of Article 13.4(ii) of the APC Constitution present report of activities for the last one year to the NWC.
“In line with provision of Article 13.4(iv) of the APC Constitution present financial report on income and expenditure of the party for the last one year.
“In line with provision of Article 13.3A(xiv) of the APC Constitution prepare a national budget for the party for the period May – December 2023, which should be ratified by the NWC for the consideration and approval of NEC.
“In line with provisions of Article 13.4(vi) of our party Constitution, which directs the NWC to ‘propose electoral guidelines and regulations governing the conduct of elections to party offices at all levels, and procedure for selecting Party candidates for elective offices’, the NWC should immediately develop a proposal to zone leadership positions for the 10th National Assembly and present to NEC for consideration and approval.
“Hold a NEC meeting before May 29, 2023 and 1 – 4 above should be part of the agenda of the NEC.
“Submit the audited account of the party for 2022 that was submitted to INEC to the NWC.
“Setup a committee to review the 2023 general elections and investigate cases of anti-party activities by leaders and members of the party.
“Given the shameful outcome of the Osun 2022 Governorship election and the embarrassing outcome of the 2023 general elections in Osun State whereby we lost all the three Senatorial seats, all the House of Representatives seats and all the House of Assembly seats in the state, the National Secretary, Sen. Iyiola Omisore who is the most senior party leader in the state should immediately resign. In addition, the NWC should recommend to NEC that a high-powered reconciliation committee should be setup to facilitate reconciliation of all party leaders in Osun state.
“In order to demonstrate commitment that we are going to restore constitutional order in the party, actions should commence on all these and NWC should meet within the next two weeks from today, Wednesday, April 5, 2023 to review progress” Lukman said.
The APC National Vice-Chairman North-West further noted that if things are allowed to continue the way they are, the party is “setting the stage for destroying the relationship that exists between outgoing President Buhari and incoming President Asiwaju Tinubu”
Lukman added that he made it an open letter so that it would motivate likeminded individuals to campaign for restoration of constitutional order to the APC.
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