Protest: APC Holds Midnight Inauguration For NWC Members

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday inaugurated 6 National Working Committee (NWC) members amidst serious protests against their nomination.

The inauguration, Osun Defender gathered took place at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Friday midnight.

The new members sworn in by the APC national chairman, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, are the deputy national chairman (North), Hon. Ali Bukar Dalori; Hon. Garba Datti Muhammad (National Vice Chairman, North West); Prof. Abdul Karim Abubakar Kana (National Legal Adviser); Hon. Donatus Nwankpa (National Welfare Secretary); Mary Alile Idele (National Women Leader) and Duro Meseko (Deputy National Publicity Secretary).

It would be recalled that the inauguration was earlier slated for Thursday but protesters from Kogi led by Governor Yahaya Bello and others from Cross River State stalled the swearing-in.

Also, the Abia APC Caucus and stakeholders rejected on Friday, the process that led to the choice of Donatus Nwankpa as replacement for the late Friday Nwosu as national welfare secretary and the representative of Abia at the NWC.

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Recall that the 12th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the APC held on August 3, in Abuja, had picked a former governor of Kano State, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and Ajibola Bashiru as national chairman and secretary following the resignation of Abdullahi Adamu and Iyiola Omisore.

The NEC also transmitted its powers to the NWC to fill the remaining vacant positions in the Committee created by the appointment of the deputy national chairman (North), Senator Abubakar Kyari; national women leader, Dr. Betta Edu and others who either resigned or died.