By Lesley Muosowo Otu
(UPDATED) The ating National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Abiola Ajimobi, has assumed office and called on stakeholders to maintain peace.
This is contained in a statement by his Media Aide, Mr Bolaji Tunji on Wednesday in Ibadan.
“We should therefore let peace continue to reign until we hold the National Executive Committee meeting and take a position on the way forward,” Ajimobi said.
Ajimobi said his assumption of duty was in line with Section 14, subsection 3 of the APC Constitution.
“The section states that the deputy national chairman shall act as the national chairman in the absence of the national chairman from his zone,” he said.
He became APC Deputy National Chairman (South) in March, when the National Working Council (NWC) of the party, wrote to the Southwest to fill the vacant position, following the appointment of Otunba Niyi Adebayo as a Minister.
Ajimobi said that his appointment received the support of five out of the six South West states of Oyo, Ondo, Osun, Ogun and Lagos with only Ekiti protesting the nomination.
He said that his appointment into the NWC of the party was affirmed by a Federal High Court.
However, Newsdiaryonline reports that Victor Giadom has also declared that he is the new Acting National Chairman of the party.He said his move was based on a court ruling.
