Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have gathered at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja for its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting.
Security has been tightened around the venue on Blantyre Street, with armed personnel, including soldiers from the Guards Brigade, restricting movement.
Both vehicular and pedestrian access have been limited, while journalists remain outside despite the release of an accredited media list by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka.
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Among the early attendees are members of the National Working Committee (NWC), the Forum of State Chairmen, former Zamfara State Governor Abdulaziz Yari, Minister of Budget and National Planning Atiku Bagudu, and Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu.
Governors from Edo, Benue, Ondo, Ekiti, Kaduna, Jigawa, Nasarawa, Yobe, Niger, Lagos, Kogi, Ogun, and Imo, along with the deputy governor of Ebonyi and former governors of Kogi, Kebbi, Niger, Zamfara, and Plateau, are also present.
Notably absent are former President Muhammadu Buhari, former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, and former Rivers State Governor and ex-Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and House Speaker Tajudeen Abbas are expected to attend.
The NEC meeting follows the party’s national caucus meeting held a day earlier at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
