Adamu, others emerged by consensus; says success of APC National Convention causing pains to PDP

After days of negotiations and disagreements, the preferred candidate of the President, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for the position of the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, was ratified as the new party chairman late Saturday night.

The ratification of Adamu and other members of the incoming National Working Committee and Zonal Leaders of the party was part of activities at the convention of the party, which commenced on Saturday and ended in the early hours of Sunday at the Eagles Square, Abuja.

Adamu, a former governor of Nasarawa State, who had emerged as a consensus candidate, was not among those who initially expressed interest in the chairmanship position. However, he was later drafted into the race by the Presidency and some governors.

The persuasion and insistence by the President for Adamu’s emergence forced other aspirants for the national chairmanship position to grudgingly step down on Saturday.

The candidates, who made the Unity List compiled by the party leaders and various stakeholders, were ratified at the convention.

The consensus candidates, who were assured of the support of the party leadership, would form the National Working Committee of the APC for the next four years.

One of the main tasks awaiting the new NWC is to plan and oversee the party’s primaries ahead of the 2023 general elections.

Meanwhile, the newly elected national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Adamu, says politicians are not strangers to pain and disappointment in the outcome of the political process.

The former governor of Nasarawa state said the success of the APC convention is causing pain to the opposition party but members must resist every temptation to blow every personal difference into full-blown party crisis.

Senator Abdullahi said he will continue to count on the cooperation and loyalty of the party. He added that it is time to do things differently to avoid opposition taking advantage

The APC chairman said the time has come to be patriotic in words and deed.

He urged the media to follow the path of the pioneers of journalism in working for the success of the country.

Senator Abdullahi appreciates party members for the confidence reposed in him and promised never to disappoint the party, the nation, Africa and the world.