JUST IN: APC constitutes 68-member convention committee

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has constituted its National
Convention Committee ahead its elective convention which is to hold
before June 2018.

This was made known via a list signed by Osita Izunaso, the
National Organising Secretary of the party.

The committee is chaired by the Jigawa State Governor, Badaru
Abubakar, who would be assisted by the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi
Akeredolu, with Ben Uwajumogwu as Secretary.

The APC had resolved to hold a convention and congresses to
elect new officials after President Muhammadu Buhari withdrew his
support for tenure extension of the incumbent officials.

The president’s decision was to ostensibly to save the party
from legal issues ahead of the 2019 general elections. However, the
move was seen as being made to pacify the party’s national leader,
Bola Tinubu, who has had a stormy relationship with the national
chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, who was the prime beneficiary of the
earlier tenure extension.

Below is the full list of committee members released by the
party secretariat on Sunday.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has constituted its National
Convention Committee ahead its elective convention which is to hold
before June 2018.

This was made known via a list signed by Osita Izunaso, the
National Organising Secretary of the party.

The committee is chaired by the Jigawa State Governor, Badaru
Abubakar, who would be assisted by the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi
Akeredolu, with Ben Uwajumogwu as Secretary.

The APC had resolved to hold a convention and congresses to
elect new officials after President Muhammadu Buhari withdrew his
support for tenure extension of the incumbent officials.

The president’s decision was to ostensibly to save the party
from legal issues ahead of the 2019 general elections. However, the
move was seen as being made to pacify the party’s national leader,
Bola Tinubu, who has had a stormy relationship with the national
chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, who was the prime beneficiary of the
earlier tenure extension.

Below is the full list of committee members released by the
party secretariat on Sunday.