The Deputy National Chairman (North) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abubakar Kyari, has emerged as the acting National Chairman of the ruling party.
This is following the resignation of Senator Abdullahi Adamu on Sunday night.
Senator Iyiola Omisore has also resigned as the National Secretary of the party, contrary to an earlier denial by Omisore’s solicitor Kayode Ajulo who said his client did not resign.
Ajulo had described Omisore’s resignation as rumour, adding that both Adamu and omisore cannot resign at the same time.
Kyari emerged as the party’s leader in line with the party’s constitution, which states that if a national chairman resigns, the deputy national chairman from the zone would take over in acting capacity.
Kyari led some members of the National Working Committee (NWC) into a meeting currently taking place at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja amid tight security.
Those in the meeting include Deputy National Chairman (South), Emma Enukwu; National Vice Chairman (North-West), Salihu Lukman; National Vice Chairman (North-East), Salihu Mustapha; National Vice Chairman (North Central), Muazu Bawa; National Vice Chairman (South-West), Issacs Kekemeke; National Vice Chairman (South-East), Ejoroma Arodiogu and the Deputy National Secretary, Barr. Festus Fuanter.
It was also learnt that Omisore was barred from the meeting which was held following the resignation of Senator Adamu Abdullahi.
Kyari is son of a former military administrator of North Central from 1967 to 1975, late Brigadier Abba Kyari,.
The new APC Chair was born on January 15, 1960 in Borno State and took a bachelor’s degree in 1986 from the University of Tennessee Martin in the USA. Thereafter in 1989, he attended Webster University St. Louis Missouri, USA for his Masters in Business Administration.
Kyari was elected member of the House of Representatives under the defunct United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP) in 1998. Again, he was elected into the House of Representatives on the platform of the defunct All Peoples Party (APP) between 1999 and 2003.
The new APC helmsman was commissioner from 2003 to 2005 and 2007 to 2011 in Borno State. He was elected Senator both in 2015and 2019 to represent Borno North on the platform of the APC.
Kyari served till his appointment as Deputy National Chairman in 2022.
