APC ward leaders disagree over outcomes of state congresses

Days after ward congresses of the ruling ruling All Progressives Congress were held across the states, many party leaders are yet to accept the outcomes of the exercise.
The congress did not hold in Anambra and Zamfara states due to the disagreement over the last governorship primary and leadership tussle.
Some have rejected the outcome the congress in states where it was held, while some applaud it and adjudged it as free, fair and peaceful.
In Kebbi, Abia, Imo, Ondo, Kaduna, Adamawa, Sokoto, Gombe and Delta states, the exercise was said to be without rancour.
In Niger State, one of the factions rejected the outcome, calling for a fresh exercise.
Kebbi State Governor and Chairman of Progressives’ Governors’ Forum (PGF), Atiku Bagudu, expressed delight at the peaceful conduct of the congresses.
The governor said, “History has repeated itself as the party had at several times employed consensus and it worked well in the past.”
The Chairman of Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area, Aminu Sarkin Fada, congratulated the governor for the smooth conduct of the congress in his ward.
Leader of the monitoring committee from the party’s national secretariat, Dr. Osita Okechukwu, commended Bagudu, major stakeholders and party members for their cooperation, solidarity and unity for the party’s progress.
The Chairman of the Ward Congress Committee for Abia State, Israel Sonny Goli, lauded the exercise’s successful conduct.

The APC chieftain, who represents Brass/Nembe Federal Constituency of Bayelsa State, said his committee was not interested in anybody that declined to participate in the congress, having made it clear that no member of the party was excluded.
In Niger State, a faction of the party, led by it Secretary, Mohammed Liman, has declared the exercise null and void.
Liman said there was a litigation over the legality of the caretaker committee in the state, which had not been settled.
The embattled party chieftain claimed that the party’s Ward Congress Committee from Abuja was not in Minna, the state capital, for the exercise.
“If this congress is challenged in court, the challenger would win. The illegal congress being embarked upon will kill the party. The party is heading for doom, a disaster waiting to happen,” he said.
A chieftain of the APC in Osun State, Chief Adewale Bamigbade, yesterday hailed Governor Adegboyega Oyetola for sustaining unity and cohesiveness of the party after the ward congresses.