He spoke to journalists on Wednesday after he led a delegation of APC South-South Zone on a courtesy visit to the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, at the National Assembly, Abuja.
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Other adopted candidates are Delta State Commissioner for Health, Dr Betta Edu and Felix Morka.
Amaechi and the two other chieftains were suspended barely 24 hours after the Isaac Abbot-Ogbobula-led APC in the state loyal to Amaechi suspended the trio of Magnus Abe, Wogu Boms and Igo Aguma.
It will be recalled that that President Muhammadu Buhari had backed the acting National Chairman, leading to his call for a NEC meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on June 25, 2020, with most members attending online
The then Acting National Chairman of the party, Victor Giadom, through whose instrumentality President Buhari convened the meeting, was reportedly walked out before it ended in the Presidential Villa.
Tinubu, in a statement he personally signed, spoke against the backdrop of the insinuation that with the dissolution of the National Working Committee of the APC by the party’s National Executive Committee, his ambition to be president in 2023 had been dashed
Oshiomhole said this at a news conference on Saturday in Abuja, where he also eulogised the NWC under him as having performed creditably
The 18 members of the NWC spoke through a statement after the National Executive Committee meeting of the party called by controversial acting National Chairman, Victor Giadom, and supported by President Buhari
The police had initially sealed the secretariat on Tuesday but reopened it, saying it was to ensure peace reigns
The NWC members said this in a statement by the APC acting National Secretary, Waziri Bulama, shortly after the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, declared support for Victor Giadom as the party’s acting National Chairman and promised to attend the NEC meeting on Thursday
Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed this via his verified Twitter handle on Wednesday.
The swearing-in took place amid controversy over the rightful occupant of the seat despite a court ruling that recognised Boms
According to him, the Deputy National Secretary did not resign his position but was given a waiver to contest the Deputy Governorship election in Rivers State
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, stated this in a statement on Friday.
The party’s NWC made the reaffirmation on Wednesday following the claim to the seat of the National Chairman by its Deputy National Secretary, Victor Giadom.
Giadom arrived the secretariat in the early hours of Wednesday, a day after the Court of Appeal pronounced the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, suspended.
Justice Danlami Senchi of a Federal Capital Territory High Court had on Wednesday pronounced Oshiomhole suspended