No consensus candidates for APC national convention yet - Dabiri-Erewa
- All is now set for the All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention scheduled for Saturday, June 23
- Preparations for the convention have however been marred by rumours of a 'unity list' purportedly sanctioned by top leaders of the party
- A member of the publicity sub-committee of the convention organising committee, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said there is no such list
Ahead of the national convention of the ruling APC, a member of the publicity sub-committee of the convention organising committee, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said there will be no ‘unity list,’ as speculated in several media reports.
Dabiri-Erewa who spoke to journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, June 19, after a brief meeting between APC governors and the sub-committee at the convention secretariat, however, said there was room for affirmation and consensus.
She also confirmed reports that APC governors are scheduled to meet on Wednesday, June 20, in Abuja to decide on a consensus list of aspirants for its National Working Committee (NWC) positions.
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“There is no unity list but there is room for affirmation and consensus. No unity list you can say is APC list. Anywhere you see any such list, it is fake,” she said.
According to her, 20 positions had been returned unopposed while 42 posts are being contested.
Some members of the NWC seeking re-election are the national secretary, Mai Mala Buni; deputy national chairman (north), Lawan Shuaibu; national organising secretary; Osita Izunaso; and national auditor, George Muoghalu.
Meanwhile, the outgoing national chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has been accused of deliberately creating more problems for the party before leaving his position.
The accusation was made by a chieftain of the APC and former governorship candidate of the party in 2015 in Ebonyi state, Senator Julius Ucha.
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Speaking to journalists in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital on Sunday, June 17, Senator Ucha, chided Oyegun, over a report credited to him in a national daily that the senator would soon join a few members who would be leaving the party in a few weeks, stressing that Oyegun can’t force him out of the party.
Ucha said that thinking that some people would leave the party because he (Oyegun) had inflicted much injuries on the party was a big mistake, stressing that the new leadership that would emerge will work hard to prepare the party ahead of the general election.
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