JUST IN: Crisis brews in APC as NWC disowns Akpabio, Abbas over NASS leadership positions

In what looks like brewing crisis, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has disowned the majority leadership positions announced by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and House Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, saying the party has not officially communicated the presiding officers.

Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the party’s national chairman, made the declaration on Tuesday at a meeting with governors of the party.

Recall that both Akpabio and Abbas had earlier on Tuesday, named principal officers of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively.

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