A faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state, led
by Chief Bashir Bolarinwa, has threatened to take the legal option to
resolve the alleged crisis that followed recently conducted party
congresses in the state.
It is recalled that the national leadership of the party had on
Monday recognized leadership of Alhaji Isola Balogun-Fulani as the APC
state chairman in Kwara state after the appeal committee panel sat on
the recently held party congresses in the state.
Speaking with journalists in Ilorin on Tuesday, the factional
publicity secretary of the party, Chief Kayode Oyin-Zubair, alleged that
members of the party were prevented from obtaining nomination forms by
the state executive of the party prior to the Congress.
The development, he said, led to the faction holding its parallel
state congress at Arca Santa event centre, Ilorin, while the other
faction led by Alhaji Ishola Balogun-Fulani held its congress at the
banquet hall of the Government House, Ilorin.
“We must restate here, what led to the Arca Santa congress.
We had a running battle with the Balogun- Fulani led APC executive
committee during the ward congress when we were looking for nomination
forms after we had successfully paid prescribed fees by the national
secretariat into designated banks.
“There and then, we decided that to prevent loss of lives, having
seen the desperate move of the faction, we did the local government of
May 12, 2018, separately across the state. Our congress was not only
well attended, it had all relevant agencies of government saddled with
the responsibility of overseeing party activities in attendance”, he
said.
He argued that his faction held its state congress at a right venue,
saying that venue of the Congress by the other faction did not conform
to party guidelines.
” The party guideline for the Congress was explicit. It says that the
election shall take place at the party’s state headquarters of APC.
If for any reason, such place becomes unsuitable, the State Congress
Committee shall identify a convenient and conducive venue for the state
congress (provided it is not private residence or office) “, he said.
The APC faction also urged the national publicity secretary of the
party, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, to encourage national working committee
NWC of the party to use political solution to resolve the crisis like it
happened in Oyo state.
The factional publicity secretary said that the group remained
determined in the pursuit of the matter, adding that nothing had
changed.
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