The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has waded into the crisis bedeviling the Kaduna State of the party, which has pitched the Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s faction of the party and that of Suleiman Hunkunyi.
A statement issued on Wednesday by the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Bolaji Abdullahi, said that after the executive session NWC of the APC, the leaders took the following decision:
“That the unfolding situation in Kaduna State is deeply regrettable and request all parties in the disagreement to maintain utmost decorum and give opportunity for true reconciliation. Consequently, the NWC has set up a three-man committee led by the Deputy National Chairman (South), Segun Oni to embark on a fact-finding mission to Kaduna State with a view to identifying the remote and immediate causes of the disagreement and the circumstance that led to the demolition of the house of Senator Hunkuyi. The committee is to report back to the NWC within a week. Other members of the Committee are the National Auditor, Chief George Moghalu and National Woman Leader, Hajia Rahmatu Alliyu.
“In respect of Kogi State, the NWC reaffirms that that Alhaji Haddy Ametuo remains the Chairman of the APC in the state until the appropriate organ of the party decides otherwise in accordance with the party’s constitution.
“The meeting of the NWC with lasted for about seven hours was led by the National Chairman of the Party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun and was attended by majority of the NWC members.”
Kaduna state APC is being torn apart by an increasing crisis, following the demolition of the headquarters of the Hankuyi faction on Monday on the orders of the Governor El-Rufai. El-Rufai was was earlier suspended by the Hankuyi faction for six months.
