One faction of the party led by a former military administrator of Rivers and Ogun states, Group Captain Sam Ewang (retd), had last month endorsed Akpabio as the leader of the party in the state.
But at an enlarged second stakeholders’ meeting attended by the National Caretaker Secretary of the APC, Senator John Akpanuodehe; Managing Director of Oil and Gas Free Trade Zone Authority, Obong Umana Umana; Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang; Sole Administrator of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr Efiong Akwa; and Group Captain Sam Ewang (retd) among others, held in Uyo, Akpabio who was absent at the meeting but sent an apology letter, was rejected as leader of the party.
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Akwa Ibom APC rejects Akpabio as party leader
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By Omeiza Ajayi
The Akwa Ibom State chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC has described as null and void the purported proclamation of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio as leader of the party, saying by law, the state chairman is the head of the party caucus in the state.
The decision of the party was taken at its second Stakeholders Meeting at the weekend in Uyo to review the state of affairs of the party in the first quarter of the year and to also report the achievements and challenges facing the party in the State.