National Legal Adviser of All Progressives Congress, Ahmed El-Marzuq, has resigned from his position in the ruling party’s National Working Committee.
El-Marzuq, a close associate of former APC National Chairman Senator Abdullahi Adamu, reportedly resigned on Wednesday.
Sources at the party’s national office in Abuja acknowledged that the legal icon has been under some type of pressure since Adamu’s departure.
The erstwhile national legal adviser was in the news three months ago when he recommended the expulsion of former National Vice Chairman for Northwest, Mallam Salihu Lukman, over his decision to take the party and his leadership to court.
His resignation was the fourth after the exit of Adamu, Lukman and the immediate past National Secretary of the party, Senator Iyiola Omisore.
Efforts to get the reaction of the National Publicity Secretary of APC, Felix Morka, were unsuccessful.
Following a series of calls to him and a number of other NWC members to authenticate the report, Duru replied via text message to confirm El-Marzuq’s departure.
“Yes,” he said but declined to comment further.