The Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has nominated the state’s Organising Secretary, Mr. Obinna Atuonwu, to replace the late Mr. F. N. Nwosu who died in office.
Atuonwu’s nomination was contained in a letter, dated: August 9, 2023, titled: Recommendation of Mr. Obinna Atuonwu As Abia State Nominee for The Post National Welfare Officer In Replacement of the late Barrister F. N. Nwosu, addressed to the party’s APC National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, by Abia State Chairman, Dr. Kingsley Ononogbu and the Secretary, Chief Chidi Avajah.
A similar letter from the Abia APC chapter, dated July 7, recommending Atuonwu as the replacement for the late Nwosu was also sent to the party’s former National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu.
The Abia APC chapter’s letter to Ganduje, reads: “Kindly refer to our earlier letter in this regard, dated July 7, through which we nominated Mr. Obinna Atuonwu as replacement for the late Barrister F. N. Nwosu, the then National Welfare Officer who died in office. This is in line with the provisions of the constitution of our great party.
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“Though nothing has been done, strangely, it has come to our notice that attempts are being made to nominate a replacement for the National Welfare Officer position outside of the party’s constitution.
“Kindly note, sir, the constitution of the party (APC) vests this responsibility exclusively on the State Executive Committee (SEC). There is clearly no role in the nomination process for the Deputy Speaker or the Vice Chairman (Southeast).
“In line with the constitution of the party, specifically Section 31.5 (I), it is the exclusive mandate of the State Executive Committee to nominate a replacement in place of a vacancy. And the State Exco has duly met and nominated the state Organising Secretary of the party, Mr. Obinna Atuonwu…”
The letter was copied to the party’s National Secretary, National Organising Secretary, National Vice Chairman (Southeast), Deputy National Organising Secretary, Zonal Secretary (Southeast), Zonal Organising Secretary (Southeast) and Zonal Youth Leader (Southeast).