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Lagos APC kicks as NWC annuls congress

The Lagos chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has threatened y to sue the national working committee (NWC) for overruling the state’s congress conducted in the 57 council areas instead of 20.

Abiodun Salami, assistant publicity secretary of the party, issued the threat during an interview with NAN in Lagos.

He was reacting to the national working committee’s overruling of the main congress of APC held at the state headquarters of the party on May 19.

Another congress was convened at the same day by a chieftain, Fouad Oki on the grounds that the congress at the state headquarters lacked legal basis as it was conducted based on wards in 57 council areas instead of 20 approved by INEC.

Bolaji Abdullah, national publicity secretary of the party, had said that the party had begun work on Friday on the reports from the various appeal panels on the conduct of state congresses.

He said a meeting to resolve the issues had been held and that the Lagos APC faction loyal to Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a national leader of the party, which conducted its wards and local government congresses in 57 local council development areas had been overruled by the national leadership.

He said the state structure was, however, not handed over to Oki, who he said conducted his congress in accordance with the party laws.

He added that a five-man panel had been set up to dissect the constitutionality of the two congresses and that the panel, headed by the party’s deputy national chairman.

“Yes, we set up a panel to look at the issues in the Lagos chapter. Of course, we overruled those who conducted their congresses in 57 councils because the Constitution only recognises 20 councils,” he said.

“We could not have discountenanced those who conducted in 20 councils because that is constitutional . The issue in Lagos is about legality and constitutionality.”

Reacting, Salami described the NWCs decision on the main congress as mischievous, saying it was meant to scuttle things at the state’s chapter.

The spokesman said the chapter would challenge the decision in the court of law.

“We will challenge their decision at the court because there is a supreme court judgement in favour of Lagos state on 57 councils.

“We have been operating with 20 LG’s and 37 LCDA’s in Lagos before the formation of APC. The decision is not only mischievous but a deliberate way to scuttle the party in Lagos state.”

Salami said the real congress was the one held at the party headquarters in the presence of INEC and party officials.

He said the other congress lacked legal basis as no monitoring officer was present.

Salami accused Oki of double standards, wondering why the same person who was party’s vice chairman (central) when the party conducted council elections in 57 , councils was now complaining of illegality

Speaking to NAN, Oki said the decision of the party’s NWC to overrule the ACME congress vindicated him and his group.

“I have always said you cannot build something on nothing. What is wrong us wrong. I will continue to say that the constitutionally known local governments in Lagos is 20,” he said.

“And INEC recognises 245 wards. Therefore you cannot put up any illegality and expect it to hold.

“And if you look at their own congresses, you will see that they were full of contradictions and illegalities. The reaction of the NWC cannot be clearer. That is what we are seeing.

“We have a NWC that is committed to the Constitution, to the rule of law and the electoral act and that is why they are trying to put things right.”

Oki said he had been briefed that a committee was in the state to resolve the issues once and for all.

He, however, said he had not been invited, but hoped to be invited on Monday to defend his own congress.

https://www.thecable.ng/lagos-apc-kicks-nwc-annuls-congress


Lalasticlala come and see o

Oyegun is about to finish off Tinubu's career.

Don't mess with Oyegun but Tinubu didn't listen.

Fashola is smiling at this news.

Anytime you hear these words....
legality and constitutionality,know say dem wan do you strong thing........

Muiz Banire,well-done oooooo

Ko Kan mi

But Lagos?
m'ogbe

Someone just stabbed Tinubu in the chest. Imagine Tinubu losing Lagos, that means all those contracts he awarded to his companies would come under review.

Tinubu right now

Tinubu is nobody, his wife confirmed it. he will be humiliated soon.

iPod yoots everywhere

Oyegun wants to go down fighting... making sure he leaves stumbling blocks and legal disasters before leaving..

He might win the fight, but would eventually loose the war..

In his bid to wrest control of the APC NWC for himself, Tinubu is already digging his own grave alongside that of the APC.

The only reason Buhari listened to Tinubu's grievances is because Buhari wants to make him(Tinubu) feel relevant so he can be used and dumped again. There is an election year in the corner and Buhari will be needing Tinubu to do his bidding once more in the SW.

In typical Tinubu childishness, Tinubu demanded that the current APC NWC headed by Oyegun be dismantled. Tinubu has come to identify Oyegun as his arch enemy following his disastrous outing in Ondo and Kogi and has since held a grudge against Oyegun notwithstanding that the gubernatorial primaries in Ondo that saw Tinubu's candidate sidelined and the emergence of Yahaya Bello were all scripted from Aso Rock to cut Tinubu to size. But for some daft reason Tinubu has come to identify Oyegun as the cause to his political woes.

Buhari has given Tinubu free reign to reconcille the party according to how Tinubu seem fit. Buhari maybe a compound illiterate but he is no fool. He has given Tinubu an errand to assuage his own ego and Tinubu immediately took it personally by leaking a letter he wrote to Oyegun claiming Oyegun was hampering his effort at reconciling the party. Oyegun's response couldn't have been more mature.

Tinubu will later go beyond his mandate at reconciling the party by dictating how the next round of congresses for elected officials within the APC NWC must be conducted. Still Buhari indulged Tinubu. With no proper assessment of the highly fractious nature of his own party, Tinubu went to market demanding and insisting that congresses from the ward level must be held. This is also despite the fact that Tinubu has no solid ground even in his own lair in Lagos.

The fallout of the ward and state congresses held by the APC nationwide has caused more problems than it hoped to solve but by far the most ironic twist to all this is that it is the same Oyegun-led NWC that will decide among the factions from each state which is genuine.

This is why you don't hear Oyegun talking as he will resoundingly deal with Tinubu by identifying with opposing camps and factions.

In the end Tinubu will come out more deflated.

I knew it that Oyegun will play the spoiler on anything that will Favour Tinubu in APC and from the look of things, a big drama is about to unfold which may likely sink Tinubu's ill-gotten dynasty in the not too far distance. I am laughing in Akproko

Don't be surprised Adams won't be the chairman of APC

abokibuhari:
Don't be surprised Adams won't be the chairman of APC

I think Adams is the necessary evil to destroy Tinubu just watch it, Oyegun is in Oshiomole's camp as a unified force to teach the not too clever but over-hyped Tinubu a lesson he will never forget for the rest of his life!

Sad

If I were Oyegun I will severely deal with all those that dump me before I leave that position. After all, it is Oyegun led NWC that will accept or void any of the congresses or I will leave a fractured party that their cases will take months to end in court

The last is yet to be heard.

Confusion every where you go.

APCheat?

Many drunks from the yeast side on this one.

The frog eye should feel the pain too.
Buhari n APC are working to finally bin Tinubu in the thrash can.where he belongs.

Ipob always having orgasm on anything that tend to bring down Tinubu...They should know by nw that Tinubu will eventually have his way at the end..

Esseite:
Oyegun wants to go down fighting... making sure he leaves stumbling blocks and legal disasters before leaving..

He might win the fight, but would eventually loose the war..

Which stumbling blocks

Oyegun is not in the wrong here

If the only recognised areas are 20 why conduct in 57

As the chairman he is only trying to prevent futuristic problems

Crocky23:



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Lalasticlala come and see o

This rvbbish you wrote here, I pity your generations! How does this concern the biafrauud republic

Blooddiamond:
The frog eye should feel the pain too.
Buhari n APC are working to finally bin Tinubu in the thrash can.where he belongs.

Tinubu still better that the best igbo man dead or alive.

At least he is not a coward that bailed out during the war abandoning millions of his soldiers at the war front or caught on top of olosho at the hotel

The way you NL people talk as if you're in the same WhatsApp group with these politicians is funny.

divinecode102:


Tinubu still better that the best igbo man dead or alive.

At least he is not a coward that bailed out during the war abandoning millions of his soldiers at the war front or caught on top of olosho at the hotel

E pain nam sheige!

The 57 LCDAs in Lagos have come to stay... there's nothing INEC can do about it?

Individual states should be allowed to devolve power for ease of Administration without Federation interfarance

you think Oyegun can make Tinubu lose Lagos? Watch who will have the last laugh

APC is right now, there are only 20 LGAs in Lagos why conduct same in LCDA created by the state, if this is the case all state can create LCDAs and shore up their delegates list.

TylerDurden:
In his bid to wrest control of the APC NWC for himself, Tinubu is already digging his own grave alongside that of the APC.

The only reason Buhari listened to Tinubu's grievances is because Buhari wants to make him(Tinubu) feel relevant so he can be used and dumped again. There is an election year in the corner and Buhari will be needing Tinubu to do his bidding once more in the SW.

In typical Tinubu childishness, Tinubu demanded that the current APC NWC headed by Oyegun be dismantled. Tinubu has come to identify Oyegun as his arch enemy following his disastrous outing in Ondo and Kogi and has since held a grudge against Oyegun notwithstanding that the gubernatorial primaries in Ondo that saw Tinubu's candidate sidelined and the emergence of Yahaya Bello were all scripted from Aso Rock to cut Tinubu to size. But for some daft reason Tinubu has come to identify Oyegun as the cause to his political woes.

Buhari has given Tinubu free reign to reconcille the party according to how Tinubu seem fit. Buhari maybe a compound illiterate but he is no fool. He has given Tinubu an errand to assuage his own ego and Tinubu immediately took it personally by leaking a letter he wrote to Oyegun claiming Oyegun was hampering his effort at reconciling the party. Oyegun's response couldn't have been more mature.

Tinubu will later go beyond his mandate at reconciling the party by dictating how the next round of congresses for elected officials within the APC NWC must be conducted. Still Buhari indulged Tinubu. With no proper assessment of the highly fractious nature of his own party, Tinubu went to market demanding and insisting that congresses from the ward level must be held. This is also despite the fact that Tinubu has no solid ground even in his own lair in Lagos.

The fallout of the ward and state congresses held by the APC nationwide has caused more problems than it hoped to solve but by far the most ironic twist to all this is that it is the same Oyegun-led NWC that will decide among the factions from each state which is genuine.

This is why you don't hear Oyegun talking as he will resoundingly deal with Tinubu by identifying with opposing camps and factions.

In the end Tinubu will come out more deflated.

See permutations!

The jagaban of all crooks! Keep lying to your moronic supporters.