Tinubu, Shettima, APC Chairman present as party holds 15th NEC meeting in Abuja

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, are attending the party’s 15th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja.

The meeting is holding at the State House Conference Centre and began at 6:05 pm with the arrival of the President.

The NEC session followed the APC National Caucus meeting that took place on Thursday.

The meeting is being presided over by Prof. Yilwatda, who emerged as APC National Chairman during the party’s NEC meeting held on July 24, 2025.

Opening prayers were offered by the Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, who led the Christian prayer, while the National Organising Secretary, Alhaji Mohammed Arugungu, offered the Muslim prayer.

In attendance are Vice President Kashim Shettima; Senate President Godswill Akpabio; Deputy Senate President Jibrin Barau; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas; and other principal officers of the National Assembly.

Also present are six governors who recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP): Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara; Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah; Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori; Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri; Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno; and Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas.

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