Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Musa Bello has taken over the task of running the All Progressives Congress APC as sole administrator.
The Governor who addressed the press on Monday afternoon as Acting Chairman at the Party Secretariat at Blantyre street in Wuse zone 4 also held a meeting with members of the APC Caretaker Committee. He is scheduled to hold another meeting with APC state chairmen later in the day.
President Muhammadu Buhari had reportedly ordered the sack of the Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee.
Our correspondent reports that the Niger State Governor had upon arrival at about 12noon, parked his car at the official parking lot reserved for the APC National Chairman at the secretariat and headed straight to the office of the party Chairman located upstairs of the party building where he was received by party officials.
Since 7 am,the APC Secretariat had been besieged by stern looking policemen who barricaded both entrances into the party National Secretariat preventing entrance into the secretariat except for key party officers.
At least 15 patrol vehicles of security operatives cordoned off access roads to the party secretariat with over 70 armed operatives watching over the Blantyre street.
Earlier , the interim secretary of the APC, Senator John Akpanudoedehe had in a statement dismissed as fake news that the Buni-led Caretaker Committee had been sacked.
