…His headship is back By The Law

Deji Adewumi

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared support for the controversial Deputy National Secretary of the APC, Victor Giadom, who has called a virtual National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the party for Thursday.

Speaking through his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, on Wednesday afternoon, the president said he would attend the meeting because “the law is on the side of Victor Giadom as Acting National Chairman.”

“The President has received very convincing advice on the position of the law as far as the situation in the party is concerned and has determined that the law is on the side of Victor Giadom as Acting National Chairman.

“We urge the media to stop promoting manufactured controversies and to not give any further room for mischievous interpretations of the law on this matter.

“In addition to the President, the Giadom meeting will, hopefully, be attended by our Governors and the leaders of the National Assembly,” Mr. Shehu wrote on his Twitter account.

Mr. Giadom, who is believed to have the backing of some of the party’s governors and the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, has been in a tussle with a faction of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) for the control of the party since the appeal court upheld the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as the national chairman, last week Tuesday.

Mr. Giadom, citing a court judgment in March, declared himself the acting national chairman of the party in the absence of Mr. Oshiomhole.

In reaction to the speculated NEC meeting, the party’s acting national secretary, Waziri Bulama, backed by 16 other members of the NWC said Mr. Giadom lacks the constitutional right to call such a meeting.

However, Mr. Buhari has declared his support for Mr. Giadom and promised to attend Thursday’s meeting of the NEC of the party.

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