APC Crisis: Twice In One Month V/Chair Demands Adamu’s Probe

Salihu Lukman, the All Progressives Congress, APC National Vice Chairman Northwest has given his boss and National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu one week to explain the financial status of the party’s failure which he will go to court.

The APC Northwest National Vice Chairman gave the threat in a letter he wrote to Adamu, the second in one month having written a similar letter on April 5 demanding the resignation of the chairman and the party’s National Secretary, Iyiola Omisore for alleged mismanagement of funds belonging to the party.

Lukman had in the last letter particularly accused Omisore of mismanaging funds allocated to Osun state chapter during the governorship election last year which the party lost.

From all indications, Lukman seemed to have been angered more over the refusal of the party to take action concerning the damning financial allegation against the party’s National Chairman and has now threatened to take his grievances to court if nothing is done within one week.

In his open letter to Adamu, titled ‘Restoring Constitutional Order in APC, Not Negotiable’, Lukman said his aim is to galvanise other like minds in the party to call Adamu to account, adding that the leadership of the party must call a NEC meeting within the period to thrash out the alleged financial impropriety against the National Chairman.

According to him, “I make this an open letter because it is about campaigning to return the APC to its foundation, which requires that we mobilize all like-minded party leaders and members in this crusade to restore constitutional order in the APC.

“Therefore, by this open letter, I am serving you notice of one week from today, being Wednesday, April 19, 2023, to take all the appropriate steps required to convene a NEC meeting before May 29, 2023, wherein all the issues bordering on the management of smooth transition between the outgoing government of President Buhari and the incoming government of President Asiwaju Tinubu can be considered.

“If by the end of this one-week notice, no action is taken to convene a NEC meeting as the first step to restore constitutional order in APC, I will not hesitate to take further actions, including approaching our courts to enforce compliance with the provisions of our party’s constitution under your leadership”.

In his earlier letter, Salihu had demanded from the party to convene a NEC meeting before May 29, 2023, submit the audited account of the party’s expenses for 2022, and set up a committee to investigate cases of anti-party activities by some leaders and members of the party during the 2023 general elections.