Abdullahi Adamu and Iyiola Omisore, national chairman and secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), were absent at a closed-door meeting of the party going on at its national secretariat, Abuja.
Elendu Reports learnt that Abubakar Kyari, APC national vice chairman (North), is presiding over the meeting.
Adamu, who is reported to have resigned from his position on Sunday night, is yet to make an official statement about the situation.
Omisore, who was initially at the meeting, left before the meeting commenced.
He arrived at the secretariat at 11:20 a.m. and departed around 12:06 p.m.
“I am going to see the chairman (Mr Adamu), I don’t know why he is not in the office,” he said before departing in his SUV.
Speaking to journalists at the secretariat on Monday, Nze Duru, deputy national organising secretary of APC, confirmed that Adamu has resigned.
“One can confirm, yes, credible information that the chairman of the party has stepped down as the chairman of the party and meetings are currently ongoing,” he said.
Though he could not confirm the status of Omisore, Duru said Kyari, the deputy chairman (north) has taken over as the chairman of the party.
“We are not expecting a caretaker committee and I did make the point that meetings are going on across all the caucuses of the party, the various leadership in the party. We know that our constitution has provided adequately, a transition process in the leadership of the party. The deputy national chairman, north will assume in an acting capacity the position of the chairman,” he said.
Some of the NWC members in the meeting include; Mr Kyari, National Organising Secretary of the party, Suleiman Arugungu, Mr Duru, Disable Leader, Tolu Bankole, Deputy National Chairman (South) Emma Eneukwu, National Vice Chairman (North-east), Salihu Mustapha, National Vice Chairman (North-west), Salihu Lukman.
Adamu, who became the national chairman of the ruling party last year, reportedly submitted his letter of resignation on Sunday night to the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila.
