
The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday liftedย its suspension on the Deputy National Chairman (North), Senator Lawan Shuaibu, and National Vice-Chairman (North-West), Inuwa Abdulkadir.
This decision formed part of decisions reached at the NWC meeting at the partyโs National Secretariat, Abuja, on Tuesday.
The National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, who resumed duties on Tuesday after surviving a plot by some leaders of the party to sack him,ย announced these decisions after the meeting.
The Court of Appealย on Monday granted a stay of execution of the March 4ย order of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territoryย suspending Oshiomhole asย national chairman of the ruling party.
He said, โWe have also resolved that we are going to withdraw all cases in court that any member of the NEC is involved in so that we lead by example.
โAnd we have shown that we are capable of managing ourselves and therefore we do not need the minister to help us resolve what we are capable of resolving.โ
Onย lifting theย suspension, the ex-Edo State governorย said, โPeople have issues which they feel strongly about and as a result, the NWC took some decisions which affected my friend and brother, Senatorย Lawal Shuaibu. The NWC had a reason for suspending himย then.
โToday we have reviewed the situation and we believe that in the spirit of our renewed commitment to building unity andย a true reconciliation, we as leaders of the party elected at the convention should lead by example. And that means for those we think have offended the system, we have chosen to lift their suspension. Senatorย Lawal Shuaibu can resume his duties as Deputy National Chairman (North).
โWe also reviewed the matter of Inuwa Abdulkadir, National Vice-Chairman (North-West). Inย the same spirit. The NWC was unanimous in lifting his suspension and he resumes work with immediate effect. So, with these two decisions, the two members of the NWC who were suspended, their suspension hasย been lifted.โ
He added, โI have asked everyone and they have accepted, whatever they consider to be my own shortcomings, I have asked for forgiveness and they have forgiven and whatever I considered to be anyoneโs shortcomings that irritated me, I have also forgiven. This is the way it should be. It can only be abnormal if people know how to fight and they do not know how to settle.โ
Oshiomhole also said it was resolved that the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, be invited to meet with the party to brief them on the efforts being made to contain coronavirus as well as to discuss ways of finding a solution to the challenge posed by the pandemic.
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