Sophia Michaels
On Thursday, August 24, Yahaya Bello, the Kogi state governor, stormed the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, Abuja.
He stormed the venue to protest the emergence of Hon. Duro Meseko as a replacement for Hon. Ismaeel Bello, who was initially nominated for the position of deputy national organizing secretary of the party.
The governor told the newsmen that he won’t budge until the mistake is corrected, stressing; “This issue must be sorted out today.”
In the same vein, some chieftains of the APC including Florence Ita Giwa, Allophous Ogar, and women from Cross Rivers state arrived at the party secretariat to voice their objections against the removal of Dr. Stella Odey-Ekpo from the state as national women leader and the selection of Mary Alile Idele from Edo state for the same position.
Earlier, a detachment of policemen mounted a siege at the Muhammadu Buhari House in Abuja to forestall any breakdown of law and order.
The Nation gathered that the protesters were against some of the names announced to fill the vacant positions in the National Working Committee (NWC).
Armed policemen and plain clothes operatives took over strategic positions along Blantyre Street, blocking both vehicular and human movement to the party office.
Details shortly…
