By Umar Idris Shuaibu, Kano
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday presided over a meeting of the National Caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja.
The session commenced at about 7:38 p.m. with the arrival of the President and marked the party’s second National Caucus meeting in 2025, following an earlier meeting held on February 25.
The meeting was also the first since Professor Nentawe Yilwatda emerged as the APC National Chairman in July.
Opening prayers were offered at the meeting, with the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired General Buba Marwa, leading the Muslim prayer, while Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, said the Christian prayer.
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The caucus meeting came days after the party rescheduled its National Caucus and National Executive Committee (NEC) meetings from December 15–16 to December 18–19, with the NEC meeting expected to hold on Friday at the Presidential Villa.
Governors and top party leaders were sighted at the venue, including serving and former APC governors as well as principal officers of the National Assembly.
Also present was former Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, who was granted bail earlier on Thursday by a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Gwarimpa over an alleged ₦2.2 billion fraud case being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Notably, six governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who recently defected to the APC, attended the meeting. They include Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah, Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri, Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno and Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas.
The APC National Caucus is a gathering of the party’s highest decision-making stakeholders, bringing together the President, Vice President, national chairman, members of the National Working Committee, governors and other key party leaders to deliberate on political and organisational matters ahead of broader discussions at the NEC.