The All Progressives Congress, APC, has denied selecting principal officers for its caucus in the National Assembly, describing media reports to that effect as false.
The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa Onilu, said in a statement that the party was still consulting with stakeholders and would make its decision public once consultations were over.
He noted that the party had always been open in all its decisions and would not deviate from that in the case of principal officers of the National Assembly.
There had been reports in some sections of the media that the party had zoned the principal officers’ positions in both the Red and Green Chambers, with some names pencilled down as the chosen candidates for the positions.
It was reported that a former Nasarawa State governor picked for the position of Senate Leader and that the House Leader had been zoned to Kano State.
However, Onilu, in the short statement said: “Consultations are ongoing and in our typical style, we will come out to formally announce the party’s decision on the appointments.
“With the prevalence of fake news, we urge the media to always wait for and rely on official statements from the party rather than unofficial sources. The media should please take due note of this on future issues that involve our party.”
