The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Felix Morka, has said former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai chose not to attend the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting.
Speaking on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme on Wednesday, February 26, Morka explained that El-Rufai, like other NEC members, received an invitation but opted not to attend.
“Today, you know, there was a roll call of eminent members who attended this meeting today.
“The same way notice was sent to El-Rufai, I believe, was how notices were sent to these other members who got the notices and attended,” he said.
“Many of them don’t live in Abuja, but they made plans and travelled to be at this meeting today.
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“If El-Rufai, you know, wanted to be at the meeting, I bet you, he would have come.”
Morka also questioned whether El-Rufai was a NEC member, adding, “By the way, let me not say this, because I don’t know how to check.
“I don’t know if he’s a member of NEC. Of certainly a member of caucus, but I don’t know that he’s a member of NEC. I mean, I doubt that.”
The APC NEC meeting, held at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, on Wednesday, was attended by President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, and other party leaders.
El-Rufai had recently criticised the APC in an interview on Arise News, accusing it of lacking internal democracy and failing to convene NEC meetings as required by its constitution. He also claimed he had not received an invitation to the meeting.