Ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has disclaimed a viral letter allegedly written by National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, voicing his dissatisfaction over the composition of the National Working Committee ahead of the campaign season.
This was contained in a letter issued by Felix Morka, the APC National Publicity Secretary, on Thursday, September 29.
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Earlier, Adamu had allegedly expressed dissatisfaction with the NWC in a letter titled: “Release of the Tinubu-Shettima Campaign Council Listing”, addressed to the presidential candidate.
James Faleke, secretary of the APC presidential campaign council last Friday night released a 422-member council which has President Muhamadu Buhari as chairman, Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate and Abdullahi Adamu, the national chairman of the party as deputy chairmen while Simon Lalong, the governor of Plateau state is the director-general.
But Adamu in his letter said, the NWC received with astonishment and regret, the press release by the council last Friday in which a purported list of appointees was announced, which effectively served as the approved roster of participants in the Party’s Presidential Campaign Council.
He stressed that the purported list not only came as a complete surprise to the NWC and the party’s leadership but also contravened the principles and purposes of the arrangements that he and Tinubu had led towards the adoption of the organogram of the council and its principal officials.
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However, the APC debunked this letter saying that Adamu was not the author of the viral letter, blaming detractors for seeking to engineer an upheaval within the party.
Morka said:
Our attention has been drawn to a “DRAFT” letter in circulation purportedly written by His Excellency, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman of our great Party, addressed to His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Presidential Candidate of our great Party, expressing dissatisfaction over the recently released list of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC).
To be clear, the “DRAFT” letter did not emanate from the Party. An UNSIGNED letter that marks itself as a ‘DRAFT’ cannot and should not be attributed to its purported author.
The disclaimer read:
According to the APC spokesman, the duo enjoy a close relationship in order for the party to emerge victorious in the 2023 elections.
The disclaimer reads:
The National Chairman of our Party and our Presidential Candidate maintain cordial and effective communication channels, and enjoy full liberty of open and frank conversations on matters of interest to the Party and our Presidential Campaign. As such, an unsigned “DRAFT” letter of the kind in circulation is patently unnecessary and of no qualitative value to engagement between the Party and the PCC.
We will not be distracted by the wishes and actions of detractors that wait gleefully but in vain for some kind of crisis to erupt between the Party and the PCC.
We stand united, as a Party, in our resolve and commitment to execute a focused and issue-driven campaign to persuade Nigerians to renew our mandate in next year’s general election.
