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Ahead of APC NEC Meeting On Thursday, Tinubu Meets With Party’s National Caucus At Presidential Villa 

Ahead of the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) billed for Abuja on Thursday, President Bola Tinubu Wednesday evening met with the national caucus of the party. behind closed doors at the State House, Abuja.

Although the agenda of the meeting held at the Banquet Hall were not made public and newsmen were barred from  the meeting, there were indications that it may not be unconnected with the politics of leadership succession in the party.

Recall that the National Chairman and Secretary of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu and Sen Iyiola Omisore respectively resigned their appointments last month.

Since their resignations, there have been subtle political moves on who would succeed them.

While the President was reportedly pushing for the former Kano state governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje as Adamu’s replacement as the National Chairman, other stakeholders were said to have preferred the emergence of  ex Nasarawa state governor, Senator Tanko Almakura, as his successor.

THISDAY learnt that the issue of who emerges the National Chairman and Secretary of the party would be thrashed out at the meeting among other pressing issues.

Those billed to be at the meeting include all serving governors on the platform of the party, all past national chairmenand Secretaries, former President Muhammadu Buhari and the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Tajudeen Abass, among others.

Deji Elumoye in Abuja 

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