The ancient city of Calabar in Cross River State will host the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the South South geo-political zone for a post-election summit.
Party leaders expected at the summit slated for September 5, include the party’s National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the immediate past governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi; Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole; former Rivers State military administrator, Group Capt. Sam Ewang (retd) and some other former governors from the zone.
Also to attend are all former and serving National Assembly members from the zone and state party chairmen of the party.
A statement by the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the zonal chairman of the party, Mr. Bassey Ita, said the event, which is scheduled to hold at Gomays Conference Centre in the state capital, would review the party’s victory at the last general elections and plan towards repositioning the zone under the present administration.
The APC summit will also discuss the probe instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration in Rivers State led by governor Nyesom Wike and come out with a common position.
The statement read in part: “The meeting is expected to take far- reaching decisions that will further strengthen the party to take a holistic lead in the zone as well as throw its weight behind the federal government’s resolve to fix the peculiar problems of the zone.”
Apart from the statement, a source close to the party in Calabar stated that the summit would also use the opportunity provided by the meeting to streamline appointments and present same to the president.
A source, who did not want his name in print, said unless party chieftains in the zone come together to press for juicy positions in subsequent appointments to be made by President Muhammadu Buhari, it might lose them to other zones.
The source pointed to the latest appointments made by the President in which Oyegun and Amaechi were missing either as Secretary to the Government of the Federation or Chief of Staff to the President.
Reliable sources hinted that the summit would likely receive some defectors to the party.
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