Following reports of his sack by President Buhari, the CECPC national chairman, Governor Mai Mala Buni has insisted that he is still in charge of the party, describing reports that he had been sacked as ‘fake news’.
The governor made his position known in a statement by the National Secretary of the CECPC, Senator Akpanudoedehe.
The statement read: “Our attention has been drawn to a sponsored media reports on an imaginary leadership change in the All Progressives Congress APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC.
“The media report is fake news and should be disregarded.
“The APC is a progressive political party guided by rules. Leadership changes are not announced by ‘sources’ through name-dropping in the media. We urge our teeming supporters, members and indeed the general public to remain calm and support Governor Mai Mala Buni-led APC CECPC conduct a rancour-free and credible National Convention deserving of our great party.”
Recall that the Buni-led committee was allegedly dethroned on Monday after the invasion of the APC secretariat by some police officers.