The Governor of Yobe State, North East Nigeria and chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) caretaker committee, Mai Mala Buni says all the decisions taken by his Niger State counterpart, Abubakar Sani Bello, regarding the party’s national convention are valid.
Gatekeepers News reports that Buni in a statement he personally signed, said since he “duly transmitted power” to Bello before undergoing medical treatment, all actions taken by Sani Bello are valid.
Earlier, the secretary of the caretaker committee, John Akpanudoedehe released names of the sub-committee members for the convention, adding that it “supersedes any other list in circulation”.
Buni’s statement appears to be a direct reaction to Akpanudoedehe’s announcement.
The statement read in part, “This is to bring to the notice of all stakeholders and members of the party that the purported suspension of some activities initiated and executed by the caretaker extraordinary convention planning committee under the acting chairman and Niger state governor, H.E. Muhammed Sani Bello, IS NOT TRUE.
“Therefore, all activities that were done in my absence remain valid and binding. All party stakeholders and members are hereby advised to disregard the previous statement discarding the activities of the committee under the leadership of the acting chairman.
“It could be recalled that I had duly transmitted power to His Excellency, the Niger State Governor, H.E. Muhammed Sani Bello to enable me undergo medical attention. Therefore, all actions and measures taken by the committee under his leadership as acting chairman, remain effective.”
On March 7, the Niger governor took over as the acting chairman of the APC national chairman in the absence of Buni who was out of the country for medical treatment.
After taking charge of the party, Bello had said the over 1000-member committees put in place by Buni were too many to organise the convention.
He subsequently reorganised the sub-committees and reduced the number to 107.
On Wednesday, President Muhammadu Buhari asked APC governors to allow Buni to plan the national convention.
