The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma has declared that his Yobe State counterpart Mai Mala Buni remains the the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC)’ Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee despite recent developments.
Buni’s position had come under scrutiny last week after Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State assumed the Chairmanship position.
Africa Daily News, New York had last week reported that Bello took over after Buni had left the country for medical treatment a move which many analysts described as a ‘coup’.
The Niger State Governor’s chairmanship is said to backed by the President, according to Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna, amid reports that Buni was planning on delaying the APC’s planned convention this month.
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However, speaking on a Channels Television’s Politics Today which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York, Uzodimma said due process will have to be followed for Buni to be removed from his position.
‘APC is a very serious party,’ he said. ‘Everything going on at the secretariat now are going on with the knowledge of Mai Mala Buni. And as soon as he comes back, he will also take over the realms of the party.’
To remove Buni, a meeting of the National Executive Committee must be convened, Uzodimma added.
‘The right organ of the party to take and implement such decisions is the National Executive Committee. Have we summoned that committee? Because if we do, INEC will be invited to observe. And if they observe, whatever decision taken will be known to them.’
In a related development, the Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Kalu, has denied allegations of colluding with the embattled Chairman of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Mai Mala Buni to undermine the national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
In a statement which he personally signed last week Saturday which was made available to Africa Daily News, New York, Kalu maintained that he had never planted division in the APC but called for peaceful resolutions of issues before the national convention.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
