The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of its national convention deepened, yesterday, as members protested the composition of the convention sub-committee in Abuja.
Party faithful, especially members of the new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) accused the Presidency of replacing about 50 names from the original list.
Trouble started shortly after the national convention committee chairman, Governor Abubakar, inaugurated the 12 sub-committees comprising 250 members.
Daily Sun gathered that several names initially published by the convention committee were removed on the order of the Presidency.
Few minutes after the inauguration, the venue of the event, turned rowdy as aggrieved party members including some secretariat staff engaged in shouting match over what they described as the insensitivity and failure of the committee to accommodate them. Read more