APC chairman and general secretary both resign their offices as their deputies take over

SENATOR Abdullahi Adamu the chairman on Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the party's general secretary Senator Iyiola Omisore have both resigned their positions today at a national working committee (NWC) meeting.

Following their resignation at the meeting which took place at the party's secretariat in Abuja, Senator Abubakar Kyari, the APC's deputy national chairman, north, has assumed the leadership of the party. Festus Fuanter, the APC's deputy national secretary, who hails from Plateau State, has also assumed the position of the party's acting national secretary.

Senator Kyari said: “The NWC wishes to inform you of the resignation of the national chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu and secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore. It is now incumbent on me as the deputy national chairman, north, and the deputy national secretary to assume the roles."

He added that the National Caucus and National Executive Committee meetings scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday have been postponed and a new date for the meetings would be announced. This morning, at about 10.40 am, Senator Adamu led a team of seven other members of the NWC to a meeting in his office, during which they took over the leadership of the party.