Yekini Nabena, Deputy National Publicity Secretary, All Progressives Congress, has advised the Acting National Chairman of the party and Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, to step down his plans to call for a National Executive Committee meeting of the party.
The controversial deputy spokesman of the party gave the advice in a statement he issued on Monday in Abuja.
Nabena said the governor had no power to call for such meetings without the authorisation of Governor Mai Mala Buni, Chairman of the party’s Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee.
Nabena said asking the APC NEC to meet because of some personal ambition without the authorisation of Buni would destabilise the party ahead of its National Convention slated for March 26.
He explained that Bello was just an ordinary member of the APC CECPC and not the chairman or its secretary and therefore, does not have the capacity to call for such meetings.
He said: “I am using this medium to call on our leaders across the states to caution Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger.
“The presidency should also call him to order to immediately drop the plan to convey a NEC meeting without the knowledge of Governor Buni and the Secretary of the APC CECPC.
“Governor Bello is neither the chairman nor secretary of the CECPC and therefore has no power to convey such meetings.”
He further advised those working against the party with the intension to cause anarchy to desist from such act.
Nabena appealed to them not to destroy the party because of their 2023 presidential ambition.
He stressed that the interest of the majority should be bigger than personal ambition of any member of the party, adding that this is critical to make the party strong and to continue winning elections.
Some All Progressives Congress governors are believed to be planning to summon a National Executive Committee meeting of the party without the support of the leadership of the caretaker committee.
Sources said Bello was spearheading this move.
Bello, who is a member of the caretaker committee representing the North Central, met at his state’s liaison office in Abuja with some governors in attendance.