There was palpable panic as a car caught fire in front of the All Progressives Congress (APC) national headquarters in Abuja.
The red car, with Benue State registration number TSE – 423 – AA, suddenly caught fire on Wednesday while coming from Barcelona Hotels on Blantyre Street in the Wuse 2 area of Abuja.
The incident occurred during a solidarity rally by some APC members from the North Central, expressing support for the party’s national chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
The driver of the car, which caught fire, refused to speak when approached by witnesses.
Daily Trust reports that the commotion led to a rush for safety among workers at the secretariat, with shouts of ‘fire, fire.’
Quick intervention by some drivers and security operatives at the APC secretariat managed to put out the fire. The red car was later moved away from the entrance gate after the fire was extinguished.
An eyewitness named Abdullahi praised the quick action of the driver, preventing what could have been a more serious incident.
Meanwhile, the APC has announced Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo, State as chairperson of a seven-member team that will elect the party’s governorship flagbearer
This was contained in a statement issued by Sulaiman Argungu, APC national organising secretary, on Wednesday, in Abuja.
Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River will serve as the Deputy Chair of the committee.
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Other members of the committee are former Osun Deputy Governor, Titilayo Laoye-Tomori; APC’s candidate in the 2023 Plateau governorship election, Nentanwe Yilwatde Goshwe; Umar Musa and Lawan Garba.
Rabiu Suleiman would serve as the committee‘s secretary.
“Also constituted is the membership of the Edo Governorship Primary Election Appeal Committee.
“The nominated members of the Edo National Gubernatorial Primary Election Committee and Election Appeal Committee will be inaugurated on Thursday, Feb. 15th,” Nr Argungu said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the APC earlier cleared all the 12 governorship aspirants jostling for its ticket to contest the 22 September Edo governorship election.
The 12 aspirants are Clem Agba, Monday Okpebholo, Lucky Imasuen, Anamero Dekeri, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, Gideon Ikhine, David Imuse and Charles Airhiavbere.
Others are Oserheimen Osunbor, Blessing Agbomhere, Dennis Idahosa and Ernest Umakhihe.
The schedule of activities for the Edo governorship election, as released by the APC, showed that campaigns would start on 24 April.
Abdullahi Ganduje, the party’s national chair, who confirmed the party’s nod to the aspirants’ ambitions, assured them of a free, fair and credible governorship primaries.
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