Awaiting the arrival of President Muhammadu Buhari, which will mark the official commencement of the event that is expected to produce a new crop of National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressive Congress, delegates to the national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are already on the ground at Eagle Square, Abuja.
According to the program for the convention released on Friday and obtained by The Informant247 Nigeria News, the president was supposed to arrive at 3.15 pm, but he is yet to get to the venue of the convention at 5:35 – the time of filing this report.
The convention is also expected to approve and adopt a new Constitution for the party and elect zonal executive officers.
The Informant247 had earlier reported that all six persons vying for the position of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress have stepped down from the contest to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s candidate, Abdullahi Adamu.
Delegates to the convention are: serving governors, ex-governors, senators, state chairmen, local government chairmen, members of the State Houses of Assembly, members of the House of Representatives on the platform of the party among others.
Some of the VIPs and delegates who have arrived at the venue of the convention include Secretary of APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee Senator John Akpankudohede; Governors Dapo Abiodun, Ogun; Yahaya Bello, Kogi; Abdullahi Sule, Nasarawa; Abubakar Sani Bello, Niger; Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti.
Others are ministers of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio; Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; a former military governor of Borno State, retired Colonel Abdulmumin Aminu; a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode; Sen. Ita Enang; Abike Dabiri-Erewa; and former Governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim.