A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rev. Dominic Alancha, has asked the party’s national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu to convene an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting.
In a letter dated April 15, addressed to Adamu and copied the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and vice president-elect, Kashim Shettima, the APC chieftain said the meeting has become imperative in view of the “desperate scramble” for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly.
Alancha, a founding member of the APC, said the meeting should discuss the issue of consensus regarding the zoning of the positions of the presiding officers and other principal officers of the incoming 10th National Assembly.
He said asking any aspirant to shelve his or her ambition at the eleventh hour could result in acrimony and dissension, as witnessed in 2015 during the elections of the 8th National Assembly.
The letter reads in part, “The implication of not coming out early enough with a clear position on our zoning formula is that the various aspirants for the top seats would proceed with their campaigns and lobbying, and might have invested a lot of resources and emotions in the race at the time the party finally reveals its zoning formula.
“If we do not approach the issue of the 10th NASS leadership with wisdom, tact and precision, we may create excuses for some desperate aspirants to forge unholy alliances with the opposition, which could tip the balance of probabilities against our interest.”
