Atiku denies being summoned by APC

Former Vice Presi­dent and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Atiku Abuba­kar yesterday denied reports that he was queried by the National Working Commit­tee of the party over his recent call for the restructuring of the country.
The former vice president who was at the APC secretariat in the company of the Adama­wa state governor, Mohammed Umar Jubrilla held a closed door meeting with the national chairman, Chief John Odi­gie- Oyegun and other NWC members.
Atiku in a statement released yesterday by his media group, noted that his visit to the party secretariat was not a response to summon by the leadership of the party as widely reported.

According to the statement, “My visit to the national sec­retariat of our great party was to rub minds with the party hi­erarchy, and it was of a routine kind as a chieftain of the party.
“I was neither summoned nor queried by the party on any issue as being speculated. Rather, my visit was at my own behest.
“As a party chieftain, I owe it a duty to my party to appraise challenges within the struc­tures of the party and also prof­fer suggestions on how to man­age those challenges. I urge you all to discountenance any ma­licious insinuations about my visit to the party secretariat, the Turaki Adamawa concluded.