Senator Abubakar Kyari, Deputy National Chairman (North) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is acting National Chairman of the ruling party.
This follows the confirnation of the resignation of Senator Abdullahi Adamu as the party’s national chairman.
In line with the party’s constitution, if a national chairman resigns, the deputy national chairman from the zone would take over in an acting capacity.
Kyari led some members of the National Working Committee (NWC) into a meeting currently taking place at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja amid tight security.
Those who came in with Kyari were: Deputy National Chairman (South), Emma Enukwu; National Vice Chairman (North-West), Salihu Lukman; National Vice Chairman (North-East), Salihu Mustapha; National Vice Chairman (North Central), Muazu Bawa; National Vice Chairman (South-West), Issacs Kekemeke; National Vice Chairman (South-East), Ejoroma Arodiogu and the Deputy National Secretary, Barr. Festus Fuanter.
Kyari, the son of the late Brigadier Abba Kyari, a former military administrator of North Central from 1967 to 1975, was born on 15th January 1960 in Borno State.