APC convention: Tinubu, Saraki, others meet at Aso Rock

John Ameh and Eniola Akinkuotu

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress met at the Aso Villa, Abuja, to decide on the party’s national convention.

Bola Tinubu

A reliable source told one of our correspondents that the meeting also centred on how to fill vacant positions in the APC’s National Working Committee.

A source said that the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and Senate President Bukola Saraki, among other leaders were present at the meeting.

The source said that some positions in the NWC such as the National Vice-Chairman (North-East) and National Publicity Secretary had become vacant due to political appointments.

While the party’s former National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, was appointed as the Minister of Information and Culture, the National Vice-Chairman (North-East), Babachir Lawal, was appointed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The source said, “The meeting was strictly a party affair. Some positions in the NWC had been left vacant since the appointments of Lai Mohammed and Babachir Lawal. The positions they occupied have been zoned to the North-Central and North-East respectively.”

The question of who would emerge as the Chairman of the APC’s Board of Trustees was also said to have been discussed at the meeting.

Another source said, “The main issues were the vacant party positions. Members expressed the desire to fill the positions. This is to be achieved by also preparing for the convention of the party where these positions will be sorted out.”

A source in the Senate said that the meeting was for the members of the newly constituted APC caucus.

The source, a senator, said that 19 people were invited to the parley.

According to him, the Senate, the House of Representatives, the Presidency and the party leaders were represented at the meeting.

APC convention: Tinubu, Saraki, others meet at Aso Rock