Build up to APC Convention

On Friday, thousands of supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from around the country came in Abuja in preparation for the party’s national convention.

7,584 delegates decide our NWC, according to the APC< on its Twitter handle.

Many people were reported to be camping along the roadside in the Three Arms Zone in order to gain easy access to the venue, Eagle Square, which is surrounded by high-level security.

As a result, traffic has been diverted away from the axis, resulting in a slow accumulation of gridlock.

The party has been embroiled in a series of internal battles in the run-up to the convention, which the court just ruled that the event could hold.

The Party announced on Friday that it will enter the convention with a “Unity List,” which would outline its consensus candidates for every post.

A series of meetings with governors, founding members, and potential candidates were convened by President Muhammadu Buhari, who decreed the adoption of consensus candidates for all positions of the National Working Committee (NWC).

As of Friday night, all of the candidates for the chairmanship had withdrawn from the campaign in accordance with the President’s instructions.

Senator Abdullahi Adamu, a former governor of Nasarawa State, is projected to be endorsed as the National Chairman.

It is expected that 21 NWC posts and 33 non-NWC roles will be filled today.

The party’s ward, local government, and state conventions were all held in 2021.

Electoral act decree

In an interview with journalists in Abuja on Friday, Abdullahi Sule, the Chairman of the Convention Sub-committee on Media and Publicity and the Governor of Nasarawa state, said that in accordance with the Electoral Act 2022, political appointees will not be allowed to vote as delegates unless they are “statutory delegates” by virtue of elective positions they may have held in the past.

Convention’s schedule of events 

Governors, National Assembly members, ministers, and party leaders are anticipated to arrive by 2 p.m.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is expected to arrive around 2:45 p.m., and President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to arrive at 3:15 p.m. After that, the convention will officially begin.

Remarks by the Vice President will be made between 5:35 and 5:40pm, and President Buhari will make special remarks between 5:40 and 5:55pm, according to the schedule.

Saadatu Albashir