SOME supporters of the All Progressives Congress who’re dissatisfied with the conduct of the final Ward Congress of the celebration have vowed to proceed with their circumstances in court docket.
That is at the same time as members of the celebration underneath the aegis of Involved APC Members have given discover that they’re planning to carry peaceable demonstrations throughout state chapters.
In separate phone interviews with our correspondent, in Abuja, on Wednesday, a chieftain of the celebration in Bauchi State, Mallam Sani Shehu in addition to the Spokesperson of the involved APC members, Abdullahi Dauda, each urged the celebration to keep away from repeating previous errors.
Shehu, who together with different stakeholders, instituted a court docket motion difficult the conduct of ward congresses, stated he and his colleagues had been ready to go as much as the Supreme Courtroom ought to it grow to be essential to get justice.
He stated, “We’re in court docket for a easy cause, we would like justice. We’re basis members of the APC; a few of us had been chairmen and secretaries in our numerous events earlier than the merger. We sacrificed our positions to construct the celebration.
“Now, individuals who didn’t know the way this celebration was shaped, who out of the blue discovered themselves in workplace in the present day wish to foist undemocratic rule on us in a democracy. They sat in a single room and got here out with a listing telling the entire world that ward executives emerged by way of a consensus. That is incorrect, we won’t settle for it.”
Requested whether or not they weren’t afraid of expulsion for taking the celebration to court docket, he stated, “We’re in court docket and can stay till justice is completed.”
Additionally, Spokesperson for the involved APC members, Abdullahi Dauda, stated, “We’re sensitizing our members asking them to arrange for peaceable protests throughout the nation. Our protest is to attract the eye of our leaders to the necessity to maintain our conference and elect leaders. That’s all we’re asking for.”
