The former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu has broken his silence a few hours after the news of his resignation spread across party lines.
New Telegraph had earlier reported that Adamu, who was announced as the National Chairman of the ruling party on March 25, 2022, at the eagle square after Adams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee (NWC) was dissolved tendered his resignation alongside the National Secretary, Iyiola Omisore on Sunday, July 16.
However, since the former Governor of Zamfara State’s resignation news broke out at the weekend, it was observed that the founding member of the ruling party has kept mum over the development
But speaking with Daily Trust, Adamu said he would not comment on the matter until President Bola Tinubu returns from the African Union (AU) meeting in Nairobi, Kenya.
“I won’t talk about the issue because the president is away,” Adamu told this paper over the phone.
Recall that Tinubu left the country on Saturday and according to his itinerary released by Dele Alake, his spokesman, the president is due to return to the country at the end of the meeting.
However, a founding member of the party who is privy to the development said Adamu resigned when he got wind that two influential personalities around the president had mobilized against him ahead of the National Caucus and National Executive Committee (NEC) meetings of the party slated for Tuesday and Wednesday.
The party had fixed July 10 and 11 for its National Caucus and NEC meetings to iron out critical issues affecting it and the crisis within the National Working Committee (NWC).
However, the meetings were later postponed and rescheduled.
“He resigned because they have started to collate signatures to impeach him during the forthcoming meetings. He resigned to save himself from humiliation,” the top politician said.
A source said Adamu sent his resignation letter to the Chief of Staff of the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, around 4 pm on Sunday.
“He has resigned. The resignation letter signed by him has been sent to the villa. The letter was addressed to President Tinubu. But since the president is away in Kenya for the AU meeting, the letter was sent to his chief of staff,” the source said.
Adamu spent barely 15 months in office. Towards the end of his tenure, he fell out with some key members of the party over the principal officers of the National Assembly, whom he rejected, but he reportedly let go of the issue following the intervention of Tinubu.