The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has named its Deputy National Chairman (South), Senator Abiola Ajimobi, as acting national chairman of the party.
Ajimobi is believed to be down with Coronavirus and is believed to be battling for his life in a private Lagos hospital. Indeed, he has not been anywhere near the APC NWC meetings in the last couple of days where decisions controversial concerning Edo GUBER elections have been taken.
Meanwhile, the decision to appoint him followed the affirmation of the suspension of National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole by an Appeal Court.
In a statement signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu in Abuja said, the NWC “has received the news indicating the Appeal Court has upheld the suspension of the Party’s National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole by an FCT High Court pending the determination of the substantive suit.
“Guided by advice from the Party’s legal department in line with the provisions of Section 14.2. (iii) of the Party’s constitution, the Deputy National Chairman (South), Sen. Abiola Ajimobi,will serve as the Party’s Acting National Chairman.