According to reports, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has resigned.
According to credible sources, Adamu, who was elected as the party’s national chairman at the party’s national convention in March 2022, has sent his resignation letter to the Presidential Villa in Abuja ahead of President Bola Tinubu’s return from the African Union (AU) meeting in Kenya.
Adamu, a former governor of Nasarawa State, sent the resignation letter to the Chief of Staff of the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, around 4pm on Sunday.
“He has resigned. The resignation letter signed by him has been sent to the villa. The letter was addressed to President Tinubu. But since the president is away in Kenya for the AU meeting, the letter was sent to his chief of staff,” a source said.
Also, a source close to Adamu confirmed it saying, “The national chairman resigned following a gang up by people around the president to embarrass him during the meetings of the party slated for tomorrow and Wednesday.”
The source, however, disputed reports that President Tinubu had urged Adamu to resign ahead of the party’s National Caucus and National Executive Committee (NEC) sessions tomorrow and Wednesday. The party had scheduled meetings for July 10 and 11 to address important issues impacting it as well as the crisis inside the National Working Committee (NWC).
The meetings however, were postponed and rescheduled for tomorrow and Wednesday.
According to a founding member of the party, Adamu quit after learning that two powerful people close to the president had organized a campaign against him before of the meetings.
According to a founding member of the party, Adamu quit after learning that two powerful people close to the president had organized a campaign against him before of the meetings.
“He resigned because they have started to collate signatures to impeach him during the forthcoming meetings. He resigned to save himself from humiliation,” the top politician said.
