The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Tuesday night announced that a former governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, will serve as the acting national chairman of the party.
The decision was taken following a Court of Appeal judgement, upholding suspension of the party’s national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, by an FCT High Court pending the determination of the substantive suit.
In a terse statement by the party’s spokesman, Lanre Issa-Onilu, the party said: “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.
“According to Section 14.2. (iii),of the APC constitution, the Deputy National Chairman, North/South “Shall act as the National Chairman in the absence of the National Chairman from his zone.”