The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed March 17 for an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, even as it emerged that the National Secretary of the party, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, has been shown the door.
The notice of the NEC meeting was signed by Gov. Abubakar Bello, the Acting Chairman of the APC CECPC, Sen. Ken Nnamani (South-East) and Mrs Stella Okotete (National Women Leader).
Others are Sen. Aba Ali (North-West) and Prof. Tahir Mamman (North-East).
The virtual NEC meeting will be held at 11 a.m.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the decision to hold the meeting was taken at the 23rd meeting of the APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) on Tuesday.
The APC National Convention is slated for March 26.
The meeting, they said, was pursuant to Article 25B (i and ii) of the Party Constitution, and by the power vested on the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) via the NEC resolution of Dec. 8, 2020.
Meanwhile, reports say the APC Caretaker/Extra Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) Secretary, John Akpanudoedehe, was sacked and replaced with Prof. Tahir Mamman as the new acting national secretary of the party.
The sack comes less than 24 hours after Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el Rufai, confined in a television interview that the CECPC Chairman, Governor Mai Mala Buni, and Akpanudoedehe were fired by President Muhammadu Buhari over malfeasance that included hiding a court order that stopped the party’s national convention.
The new acting secretary was Director-General of the Nigeria Law School from 2005 to 2013.
He is currently a member of the CECPC of APC.
▪︎ Additional reports by NAN