APC Disowns Letter To Tinubu On Campaign Council Composition

THE All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday, September 29, disowned the letter purportedly written by the party’s National Working Committee, led by its National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, to its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, expressing dissatisfaction with the composition of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC).

  The 422-member list Council released late Monday has been an issue of disagreement, prompting it to shift its inauguration earlier scheduled for Wednesday, September 28 indefinitely.

  In reaction to the letter circulating around, APC, in a statement by its spokesperson, Felix Morka, said Adamu did not author the letter in circulation.

  According to the statement: “Our attention has been drawn to a ‘DRAFT’ letter in circulation purportedly written by His Excellency, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman of our great party, addressed to His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of our great party, expressing dissatisfaction over the recently released list of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC).

  “To be clear, the ‘DRAFT’ letter did not emanate from the party. An UNSIGNED letter that marks itself as a ‘DRAFT’ cannot and should not be attributed to its purported author.

  “The national chairman of our party and our presidential candidate maintain cordial and effective communication channels and enjoy full liberty of open and frank conversations on matters of interest to the party and our presidential campaign. As such, an unsigned ‘DRAFT’ letter of the kind in circulation is patently unnecessary and of no qualitative value to engagement between the party and the PCC.

  “We will not be distracted by the wishes and actions of detractors that wait gleefully, but in vain for some kind of crisis to erupt between the party and the PCC.

  “We stand united, as a party, in our resolve and commitment to execute a focused and issue-driven campaign to persuade Nigerians to renew our mandate in next year’s general election.”