APC leaders have identified a replacement for Adams Oshiomhole, the embattled National Chairman of the party.
NewsOne Nigeria reports that some leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s ruling party the south-south zone have also insisted that the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for next week Tuesday, must hold and also urged all members of the party from the six states in the zone must be in attendance.
This burgeoning online news platform understands that was part of agreements reached during the Zonal Caucus meeting, which ended on Thursday night in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital with the endorsement of Victor Giadom as a replacement for Oshiomhole.
NewsOne Nigeria learned the Caucus meeting was attended by four serving Ministers from the zone namely; Rotimi Amaechi (Transport), Osagie Ehanire (Health), Festus Keyamo (State, Labour) and Goddy Jeddy Agba (State, Power) while Oshiomhole and the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege and the APC National Vice-Chairman, South-South, Hilliard Eta, were absent, Punch reports.
Other party leaders who also attended the meeting were former Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba; former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Nguru Usani; and ex-NIMASA boss, Dakuku Peterside, amongst others.
A communique released at the end of the meeting which was read by Godwin Obaseki, the Governor of Edo State (where Oshiomhole is from) reads in part: “At the meeting, the leaders of the zone deliberated extensively on situation in the party and at the end of the meeting, they adopted the following resolutions:
“That as a party, we commend our brother, the Acting Chairman of the APC, Victor Giadom, for rising to the occasion by providing leadership for the party in this trying times.
“That we fully support the convening of the National Executive Committee meeting on Tuesday, March 17th, as the NEC is the only recognised organ under the constitution of our party to resolve the APC crisis.
“That we insist that the party should respect the current zoning arrangement by retaining the chairmanship of our great party in the South-South zone even in an acting capacity.
“We resolved that the most senior officer of the party from the zone, being the National Acting Secretary, Chief Victor Giadom, should be confirmed Acting National Chairman for the time being.
“We urged all our brothers and sisters from the zone to fully embrace the NEC meeting and not boycott the emergency NEC meeting, which has been slated for Tuesday, March 17th. Because boycott in a democratic environment is always counterproductive.”