APC NWC in crucial meeting

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) held a crucial meeting on Wednesday at the National Secretariat of the party in Abuja.

Though the agenda of the meeting was not made public, The Nation gathered the committee will be reviewing the just concluded general elections, considering the preliminary reports of an external auditor engaged to look into the books of the party, in preparing a financial report to be presented to National Executive Committee. (NEC) whenever is conveyed.

According to the newspaper, the meeting was also to consider a template for a consensus zoning formula for sharing the 10th National Assembly Presiding Officers’ positions that will be presented to President Muhammadu Buhari and President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu ahead of the June inauguration of the 10th National Assembly.

Also on the agenda were the seven petitions by the National Vice Chairman (North West), Dr Salihu Moh. Lukman and the legal action he instituted against the National Chairman and National Secretary for an alleged breach of the party Constitution.

The crisis further worsened last week with the National Legal Adviser, Ahmad Usman El- Marzuq recommending the expulsion of Lukman for dragging the party leadership to court.

“The meeting is being presided over by the National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu with no fewer than 18 other members of the 24-man NEC currently in attendance,” the paper reported.