President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday addressed members of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and insisted that the recent tenure elongation of executives of the party was against the party and Nigeria’s constitution.
Recall that the APC had in its NEC meeting on February 28 extended the tenure of members of National Working Committee (NWC) led by its chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun by one year.
The decision, however, did not go down with some powerful members of the party who had since been mounting pressures that the decision be reversed.
Speaking shortly before the commencement of NEC meeting Tuesday, President Buhari told party members at the APC national secretariat to cancel the tenure extension decision because “it is against the party constitution and the Nigerian constitution.”
He therefore, presented the matter “for discussion” at the meeting.
The president noted he is having a change of heart because he doesn’t want the party’s activities to be faulted by any court of law.
NEC members were shocked because the issue of tenure extension is not in the agenda circulated to members.
It was also not discussed at the national caucus meeting which held at the Presidential Villa Monday night, Mr. Odigie-Oyegun had said.
Caucus meetings are precursor to what would be discussed at NEC.
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