There are speculations that Senator Abdullahi Adamu has resigned from his position as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), a development that was corroborated by multiple sources on Sunday night.
Adamu, a former governor of Nasarawa State, was said to have resigned to avoid the embarrassment of being removed from office, a source close to the APC leadership reported.
According to the source, Adamu was forced to throw in the towel over issues including his alleged indecisive backing of President Bola Tinubu during the campaign.
For the past two weeks, elements within the party have been calling for his resignation, threatening to kick him out at the next National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting if he failed to resign.
The party’s NEC meeting was initially scheduled to hold on July 10 and 11, but was postponed to Tuesday and Wednesday this week, due to the president’s international engagements.
The source further revealed that the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, was one of the people who told Adamu to resign because he had become a liability to the party.
He was, however, forced to step down as the party’s chairman after Imo State Governor and Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, Hope Uzodimma, told him that if he failed to resign, they will remove him at the next NEC meeting.
Those who are calling for Adamu’s resignation accused him of working against the President during the party’s presidential primaries, publicly supporting former Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and failing to fully back Tinubu even after securing the party’s ticket.
National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka, could not be reached for confirmation of the situation.