Consensus: APC within the law for chairmanship candidate, say Lalong, Bamidele

Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong and Opeyemi Bamidele, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, and Legal Matters, have stated that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is still operating within the law by appointing Senator Abdullahi Adamu as the party’s next National Chairman.

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The pair stated the Electoral Act and the party’s constitution allow for direct, indirect, or consensus candidacy. They talked on Channels Television yesterday.

According to them, the President, who is also the party’s leader, has had extensive consultations with all stakeholders, especially those who are interested.

Many of them gladly stood down for Adamu in the party’s leadership, he said.