Segun James reveals increasing signs that things are not what they used to be in the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress By the time you are reading this, the much anticipated All …
Segun James reveals increasing signs that things are not what they used to be in the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress
“While it is not our intention to join issues with these commentators, the Supreme Court’s Wednesday judgement affirming the Election victory of the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu had no bearing on the CECPC’s status and its membership. “Party members and aspirants should therefore come out en masse and peacefully to participate in the ward Congresses, come Saturday”, he added.
When barely two hours after the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission gave the Certificate of Return to newly elected local government councils chairmen, they were sworn in by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The action raised eyebrows. The state government did not give room for protests, litigation and issues that might have arisen from the election.
In anticipation of the proposal by the state party leadership, Oki, a former factional chairman of the party in the state, in a letter to the chairman of the Convention Committee warned that the consensus candidacy being proposed by some interests in the party, including the chairman of the state’s caretaker committee would only aggravate the crisis in the party.
Oki who was the factional chairman of the party in the state until he was persuaded to withdraw his case against the party and allow the party’s machinery to settle the matter said that “there are no truer words than acknowledging that in Lagos State the Party is polarised and there are factions/tendencies and therefore may be sitting on a keg of gunpowder if the right thing is not done urgently.
“Pursuant to our various efforts at getting the National Secretariat of our great Party to investigate the travesty of justice being perpetrated against our members in Lagos State since 2018, we hereby again draw your attention to another possible travesty that may occur during the forth-coming Ward Congresses.
But this was ignored by the party in the state as the next day, the Governor’s Advisory Council declared that the party will adopt a consensus arrangement for its ward congresses. “This we have done, and we are sure all officers of our party will follow the consensus decision that we have taken to ensure that all willing members of the party who want to serve are considered.
He said: “Next Saturday, we are having a ward congress which will lead to the formation of our party officials. We are having our stakeholders meeting tomorrow and there, we will decide on what to do. The stakeholders’ meeting is taking place in all the 20 local governments in Lagos State; all local governments will hold the meeting.A consensus arrangement has been adopted by the party. We will be doing that for Lagos State.
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