Chimaroke Nnamani, a former governor of Enugu, has been
taken off the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council
list.
The list was signed by Iyiola Omisore, national secretary of
the party, and released on Wednesday.
Also Orji Uzor Kalu, a former governor of Abia and current
chief whip of the senate, and Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, whose were
on the previous list released by James Faleke, secretary of the campaign
council, in September, were no longer in any department in particular.
But according to the list, all APC national assembly members
and the federal executive council (FEC) are members of the presidential
campaign council.
Nnamani’s inclusion in the previous list had elicited debate
because he is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
But Bayo Onanuga, director of information in the campaign,
had defended the decision to include the Enugu senator on the list.
“The PCC will also want to clarify that the appearance of
the name of HE Chimaroke Nnamani, a distinguished senator from Enugu State, was
not a mistake,” Onanuga had said.
“He is on the list in
his own right as a supporter of our presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed
Tinubu.”
On the part of Aregbesola, the interior minister and Bola
Tinubu, standard bearer of the party, have been feuding for years.
The cracks in Aregbesola and Tinubu’s relationship became
noticeable in May 2020, when Aregbesola revamped the ‘Mandate Group’ — a core
of Tinubu’s loyalists.
The former Osun governor reportedly sanctioned the relaunch
of the group without Tinubu’s approval, naming Abdullahi Enilolobo, his protege
from Alimosho LGA, as the new leader, while he remained the grand patron of the
group.
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com