There were strong indications last night that the former national chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Chief Bisi Akande, has emerged as the interim chairman of the merging All Progressive Congress (APC).
Though it has not been officially announced, LEADERSHIP also gathered that Mr Tijjani Tumsah of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) is the new interim secretary of APC.
Also, the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has nominated Sadiya Farouq from Zamfara State as national treasurer.
Others from the CPC line-up are former speaker of the House of Representatives Aminu Bello Masari from Katsina State as deputy national chairman, ex-minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Mallam Nasir el-Rufai from Kaduna State, deputy national secretary.
Lai Mohammed is the national publicity secretary and the national woman leader (NWL) is Mrs Sharon Ikeazor from Anambra State; Abubakar Lado from Niger State is the national youth leader (NYL), General Aboki from Nasarawa State is national vice chairman (north-central), Muiz Banire emerged as national legal adviser while Barrister James Ocholi from Kogi State emerged as deputy legal adviser (DLA); Hon. Muniru Muse from Lagos State is ex-officio member, while the national deputy auditor (NDA) is Capt Bala Jibrin from Bauchi State.
In the same vein, the ANPP named as vice-chairman (north-west) Salisu Fagge, while Alhaji Yemi Sanusi is ex-officio. Welfare secretary is Emma Eneukwu, national financial secretary Alhaji Shaibu Musa, zonal chairman Senator Sule Garo (north-west), Umar Duhu (north-east), Yemi Sani (south-west).
Election of the interim officers, which became a thorny issue, was a major prerequisite for registration of the merging party by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The officers would be saddled with concluding the registration of the party.
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