Intrigues, suspense as APC plans national convention

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Guardianng July 21, 2021 4:19 a.m.

Intrigues, suspense as APC plans national convention

All I know is this: I have the capacity to lead this party and they know what I can do.” Salary snagThe Guardian reliably learnt that the congresses could be jeopardized owing to the alleged refusal by unit officials of the states registration committees to release the membership register in their custody due to non-payment of their salaries and allowances.Amidst allegations that the Buni-led committee has failed to deliver on its mandate, members of the Progressive Leaders Network (PLN) led by Prince Michael Nsan felt otherwise.PLN expressed optimism that Buni-led caretaker committee will deliver the best ever congresses and National Convention of the party in the months ahead and thus lay a formidable foundation for the party’s Presidential primary next year and resounding victory in the 2023 Presidential election.The group argued that the Buni led committee deserve a pat in the back for bringing to an end at least three competing and disorderly factions that were engaged in bitter and unrelenting infighting in the party.

Some party faithful said membership revalidation could turn out to be APC’s albatross, particularly going by recent developments in the party.It would be recalled that the CECPC had to bend backward to accommodate extended registration in Kwara, Ogun, Rivers, Imo, Adamawa and Cross River States, following allegation of exclusion and segregation among party leaders in those states.The allegation of exclusion is already taking its toll on the party in Kwara State, where supporters of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and the Information Minister, Lai Mohammed are enmeshed in supremacy battles over the control of APC structure ahead of the 2023 poll.For now, many loyalists of the Information Minister, who operate from a parallel secretariat in Ilorin, had been suspended from the party at the instance of the state chairman, Mr Abdullahi Samari Abubakar..

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