APC summons Lai Mohammed over Kwara parallel secretariat

The Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has invited Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, over a parallel state secretariat the minister opened in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.

The national headquarters of the party also sent two letters to the minister asking him to come and explain why disciplinary measures should not be taken against him for the action.

The state headquarters of the party is located in the Tanke area; while the minister’s faction recently unveiled its secretariat at GRA, Ilorin.

This is coming on the heels of a threat by the State Caretaker Committee Chairman, Alhaji Samari Abubakar, to sanction the minister for anti-party activities.

Abubakar told reporters in Abuja yesterday that the party may sanction the minister in line with its constitution.

Although the party’s National Secretary John James Akpanudoedehe could neither deny nor confirm the invitation of Muhammed, he added that the APC leadership would not tolerate anyone who tries to divide the party at any level.

Akpanudoehede said the committee was committed to ensuring peace at all levels of the party.

“The minister is an elder and we shall accord him the much respect and the party will not allow anything to put him to disrepute. The party on another hand will not allow anybody to violate its constitution,” the secretary stated.