Nigerian Concord Newspaper
The National Working Committee of All Progressive Congress, APC has officially withdrawn the invitation which was earlier extended to a former chairman of the party in Benue state, Austin Agada to attend the forthcoming National Summit of the party which is slated for May 22,2025. The summit will hold at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
It was reliably gathered that the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume had wrongly secured an invitation for Agada with a claim that he was the authentic chairman of APC in Benue state.
But following pubic outcries, the National Chairman of the Party, Alhaji Umar Ganduje instructed Senator Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru who is the National Secretary of All Progressives Congress to withdraw the letter meant for the Benue APC chairman from Agada and issue it to Chief Benjamin whom he (Ganduje) described as the only recognized state chairman of the party.
According to Ganduje, there is no way two people can sit on the seat that will be officially reserved for the state chairman of APC in Benue state.
The National Chairman however said that Austin Agada can attend the meeting as the SGF’s special guest just like others that will accompany him to the event, and not as the Benue state chairman of the APC.