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The National Working Committee NWC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has threatened to expel one of its members and National Vice Chairman, Northwest, Salihu Moh. Lukman for dragging the National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu and National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore to court over their failure to convene meetings of the relevant party organs as mandated by its Constitution.
This was contained in a “legal opinion” sighted by our correspondent which was dispatched to the duo of Adamu and Omisore as well as other NWC members by the National Legal Adviser, Ahmad Usman El- Marzuq Esq., and dated 28th April, 2023.
After exhausting all avenues to make his voice heard, Lukman had given a seven-day ultimatum to Adamu to commence efforts to convene a meeting of the National Executive Committee NEC where he (Adamu) will give a financial account of the party.
Lukman had threatened to institute a lawsuit against Adamu should he fail to do the needful within the stipulated timeframe.
Consequently, the former Director General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum PGF had last Thursday made good his threat to sue Adamu and Omisore.
He also wrote President Muhammadu Buhari, explaining his reasons for dragging the duo to court, saying he was left with no option as they failed to heed his call to be guided by the party’s constitution.
While efforts to get Lukman’s reaction were not immediately successful, it was learned that the issue would form part of deliberations at Wednesday’s meeting of the NWC…
