Finally APC, Oyegun Backs Off On Appointment Of Spokesman

The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has stepped-down a move to appoint the former Minister of Youths and Sports, Mr. Bolaji Abdullahi, as the acting National Publicity Secretary of the party.

THISDAY reports that due to the disagreement among members of the National Working Committee of the party, the National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has decided to stay-action on  the appointment of the new acting spokesman for the party.

It was learnt that the first meeting of the NWC summoned by the chairman to kind of ratify the choice of the new spokesman was opposed by a section of the leadership which argued that the approach did not follow due process. The party had allegedly planned to appoint a suitable replacement for the former spokesman,Alhaji  Lai Mohammed, who will operate in acting capacity pending the election of substantive person during the next national convention.

Following Mohammed’s appointment as minister and the subsequent vaccum created by his exist,  several  intrigues began to play out suggesting that some power brokers were interested in the position. Ordinarily,  with the exit of the National Publicity Secretary, the party should have given his deputy, Comrade Timi Frank  the opportunity to operate in an acting capacity till the emergence of another substantive Spokesman at the national convention, but the leadership doubted the loyalty of Frank.