{"id":107237,"date":"2023-08-24T19:51:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T18:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=107237"},"modified":"2023-08-24T19:51:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T18:51:59","slug":"protest-rocks-apc-headquarters-ahead-nwc-zonal-officers-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/protest-rocks-apc-headquarters-ahead-nwc-zonal-officers-inauguration\/","title":{"rendered":"Protest Rocks APC Headquarters Ahead NWC Zonal Officers&#8217; Inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1775123474474884052\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scores of demonstrators on Thursday clashed with security operatives outside the premises of the national headquarters of All Progressives Congress few hours to the inauguration of the new zonal officers of the party\u2019s National Working Committee.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe protesters engaged the stern-looking policemen in a shouting match after they were stopped from gaining access to the secretariat.<\/p>\n<p>The development is coming in the wake of election of zonal officers of the NWC, which was unveiled by National Secretary of the ruling party, Senator Ajibola Basiru.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The move saw outgoing National Deputy Chairman for North, Senator Abubakar Kyari being replaced by Borno party chairman, Ali Dalori while founder of Sister-To-Sister Empowerment Worldwide, Dr Mary Alile Idele from Edo State was elected to occupy the office of the National Women Leader previously held by Dr Betta Edu.<\/p>\n<p>Both Kyari and Edu were among the 45 ministers of President Bola Tinubu who were officially sworn in at the presidential villa on Monday.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scores of demonstrators on Thursday clashed with security operatives outside the premises of the national headquarters of All Progressives Congress few hours to the inauguration of the new zonal officers&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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