The All Progressives Congress on Tuesday set up a six-member committee to coordinate the party’s Situation Room for Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State.
It appointed the Deputy National Chairman (South), Mr. Segun Oni, to lead members of the team.
The team is saddled with the responsibility of coordinating the party’s Situation Room, which is expected to liaise with the party’s national headquarters during the election.
This was part of the decisions reached at the party’s National Working Committee meeting held at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday.
It was learnt that members of the NWC appointed Oni after considering his position and experience in the politics of the South-West where he hails from.
A member of the NWC, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media, said, “His choice was without question. Ondo State is one state we cannot afford to lose for several reasons. For one, the South-West is one part of Nigeria that is our home and you cannot afford to lose home matches if you know what I mean.”
A statement by the Assistant Director of Media at the APC secretariat, Edegbe Odemwinge, confirmed the setting up of the situation room.
The mandate of the APC Situation Room, which will be based in Akure, is to liaise with the Control Centre, which will be situated at the party’s national secretariat.
Other members of the team are the National Vice-Chairman (South-West), Chief Pius Akinyelure; National Vice-Chairman (North-West), Inuwa Abdul-Kadir; Zonal Youth Leader (South-West), Adedotun Oluwasegun; Zonal Woman Leader (South-West); Kemi Nelson, and a party chieftain, Acho Obioma.
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