APC vice-chairman sues Adamu and Omisore, in relation to the NEC meeting

Mallam Salihu Lukman, national vice chairman of the All Progressives Congress for the North-West, followed through on his promise to file a lawsuit against Abdullahi Adamu, national chairman, and Iyiola Omisore, national secretary, for allegedly violating the party’s constitution.

After giving Adamu and Omisore a one-week deadline to call an emergency meeting of the National Executive Council to discuss the problems in the party, Lukman announced the latest development.

Lukman issued a warning that failure to call the NEC meeting will lead him to seek a court injunction to enforce compliance with the APC constitution’s stipulations.

In the past year, there have been numerous instances of conflict between the lawmaker from Kaduna State and the national head of the APC.

The APC national vice chairman for the North West bemoaned that in addition to frequently criticizing Adamu of being a one-man show, Adamu had also reduced the members of the National Working Committee to serving as merely rubber stamps to endorse significant decisions he made alone.

However, the situation changed on Thursday when Adamu and Omisore received official notice of the court summons.

“They were officially served this afternoon. In fact, I can even say confidently that members of the NWC are equally aware that Lukman has matched his threat with action,” a source at the APC secretariat told our correspondent.

The plaintiff in the lawsuit brought by Lukman’s attorney, Mohammed Abdullahi of Lexhill City Attorneys, gave the party’s secretary 30 days to answer to the summons.