A new National Secretary for the All Progressives Congress, has been named.
He is Festus Fuanter who replaces Senator Iyiola Omisore who resigned along with the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu.
Fuanter, who hails from Plateau State, would act in that capacity.
The new Acting National Chairman, Senator Abubakar Kyari, disclosed this immediately after the crucial meeting of the National Working Committee held at the party’s Blantyre Street Wuse 2 secretariat on Monday.
Kyari confirmed the resignation of both Adamu and Omisore, adding that “My humble self as the Deputy National Chairman (North) has assumed the office of the Acting National Chairman. “Consequently, the Deputy National Secretary, Barrister Festus Fuanter, will now assume the office of Acting National Secretary of All Progressives Congress,” he said.
He said the proposed National Caucus and National Executive Committee meetings slated for July 18 and 19 have been shelved.
“With the recent development, we implore everybody here that the proposed National Caucus and National Executive Committee meetings slated for July 18 and 19, 2023 are hereby postponed. This postponement is not indefinite. A new date will be communicated in the near future,” he said.
The acting chairman declined to give further information, saying the resignation of both leaders will be disclosed at a future date.
He also denied that the party may send operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission after both Adamu and Omisore.
“There are no allegations against them. Both of them resigned voluntarily and that is what is available at this moment. The details of their resignation will be made known to you in the nearest future,” he said.
Kyari said the plethora of issues raised by the National Vice Chairman for North-West, Malam Salihu Lukman, will be looked into.
He noted, “Everybody has its own style of administration and I think this present set of NWC will be relying on what the constitution says.”
