Newly-formed mega party, the All Progressive Congress, APC, will any moment from now announce the composition of its national executive members, Dailypost has learnt.

The four political parties that make up the new alliance are: Action Congress of Nigeria, Congress for Progressive Change, All Nigeria Peoples Party and All Progressive Grand Alliance.

It was gathered that the stakeholders of the new party met at a closed door meeting Thursday night, February 7, 2013 to discuss the issue.

Also on the agenda was sharing of principal offices between the four political parties. The four principal offices discussed were said to be: the office of the President, Vice President, Chairman of the new party and the Secretary to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

On the issue of Governorship elections, it was resolved to be handled State by State. The gubernatorial candidate will emerge from the party that is the most popular among the four units that formulate the new party.

For instance, where the ACN party is considered more dominant amongst the other parties in the State – the gubernatorial candidate will emerge from the ACN – and then the deputy governor would emerge from the other three less popular parties.
The stakeholders are expected to make a public announcement on which unit will produce the presidential candidate ahead of the 2015 general elections.

 


The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that since it has not been served with court order on the removal of Olagunsoye Oyinlola, as the National Secretary of PDP, it recognizes no other person but him.

This was made known by Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, in Abuja on Tuesday.

He noted that it was impossible for the electoral umpire to strike out the name of Oyinlola without receiving a copy of court order, as INEC needed such to know the steps to take.

“There has not been any specific order with regards to the removal and if there is an order directing the commission to remove his name as national secretary, then, INEC will comply.”

He added that “The PDP as a party had not written to the commission on the removal of Oyinlola as its national secretary.”

The former Osun State Governor was sacked as the PDP national secretary by an Abuja High Court recently.

The leadership of the ruling party has been enmeshed in cold-war, with loyalists of President Goodluck Jonathan and Chief Olusegun Obasanjo fighting over control of affairs.