JUST IN: Protest Rocks APC Headquarters Ahead Of NWC Zonal Officers’ Inauguration

Protests rocked the headquarters of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC on Thursday with scores of demonstrators from Cross Rivers State Chapter claiming that their slot has been stolen.

Although they were stopped from having access to the APC national secretariat, the protest came a few hours to the inauguration of the newly elected members of the National Working Committee, NWC.

The protesters engaged the stern-looking policemen in a shouting match after they were stopped from gaining access to the secretariat.

The development is coming in the wake of the election of zonal officers of the NWC, which was unveiled by the National Secretary of the ruling party, Senator Ajibola Basiru.

Basiru noted that the election of new officers was in line with the mandate given to them by the National Executive Committee at the last meeting held at Transcorp Hilton in Abuja on August 3.

The move saw the outgoing National Deputy Chairman for North, Senator Abubakar Kyari being replaced by Borno party chairman, Ali Dalori while the founder of Sister-To-Sister Empowerment Worldwide, Dr. Mary Idele from Edo State was elected to occupy the office of the National Women Leader previously held by Dr. Betta Edu.