The ongoing crisis rocking All
Progressives Congress, APC, in Kogi State took a new dimension, yesterday, as
Governor Yahaya Bello opened a new secretariat and announced the constitution
of new state executive to pilot the affairs of the party in acting capacity.
Members of the appointed state
executive were inaugurated by the factional chairman, Ahovi Ibrahim.
APC National Publicity Secretary,
Bolaji Abdullahi, had denounced the sacking of the Hardy Ametuo-led executive
in the state.
The new secretariat, located at
Murtala Muhammad Way, opposite Specialist Hospital, Lokoja, was commissioned by
the APC National Chairman, Chief John Oyegun, last Saturday as campaign office
for President Muhammadu Buhari.
Reacting to the development, factional
chairman, Haddy Ametuo, who was recently confirmed by the national leadership
of the APC as the authentic state chairman of the party, accused Governor Bello
of disregarding the party’s decision and trying to politicise the party.
Ametuo wondered why the governor
was in a hurry to constitute a parallel state executive, after the President
had appointed Senator Bola Tinubu to lead the consultation, reconciliation and
confidence building team of the party.
He said: “How can a state
governor appoint party executives without the approval of the party’s national
executive committee, NEC, and Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC?
“Are party executives appointed
or elected? Why does Bello like wasting the state’s meagre resources on
fruitless ventures?
“We will, however, not be
responsible or respond to any person or group of individuals who decide to
allow themselves to be used by forces who did not know how the party was
formed.
“They should know that Kogi’s
politics has gone beyond propaganda and media hype to cheapen the Kogi people.”
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