If there must be permanent resolution to the mirage of controversies rocking the APC, a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting must be convened, the party's acting National Chairman, Prince Hilliard Eta, has said.
Prince Eta who was named on Wednesday as acting chairman, following Abiola Ajimobi's health challenge, stated this in an interview, saying the NEC meeting was at the root of the crisis bedevilling the ruling party.
Justice Samira Umar Bature yesterday granted an ex parte application by the APC National Vice Chairman (North East), Comrade Mustapha Salihu seeking to extend an earlier order of the court on March 16, which made an interim order for Giadom to act pending "a validly convened National Executive Committee or pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice already filed (whichever comes first."
Lukman, in a statement yesterday requested that a meeting of the NEC of the party be convened as a precursor before a national convention to replace the current members of the NWC.
The PGF DG, who said his position did not represent the view of any APC governor or the PGF, regretted that NWC members started making claims as to who was the acting national chairman following the appeal court ruling that sustained the suspension of Oshiomhole.
