Nigeria, Feb. 12 -- The All Progressives Congress (APC) has inaugurated a national reconciliation committee.

A ten-person committee was initially set up last year December to pacify the warring factions across different levels of the party in the country.

Due to the rejection of the committee's leadership by the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki and his supporters, the APC reconstituted a 12-member reconciliatory team to be led by Bisi Akande, the first interim chairman of the party, rather than the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan.

Mr Obaseki had in his rejection statement faulted both Mr Lawan and the deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Ahmed Wase.

He said the duo, alongside the party's national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole,...