The Lagos State chapter of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced plan to sue the National Working
Committee (NWC) led by John Odigie-Oyegun for cancelling its state congresses.
The chapter is loyal to the
national leader, Bola Tinubu, and recently paid a visit to the former Lagos
governor.
On Sunday, Assistant Publicity
Secretary, Mr Abiodun Salami, hinted of the legal action in reaction to the NWC
overruling of the main congress of APC at ACME road on May 19.
Salami described the NWC’s decision
on the main congress as mischievous, saying it was meant to scuttle things at
the state chapter.
“We will challenge their decision
at the court because there is a Supreme Court judgement in favour of Lagos
State on 57 councils”, he informed NAN.
“We have been operating with 20
LGs and 37 LCDAs in Lagos before the formation of APC.
“The decision is not only
mischievous but a deliberate way to scuttle the party in Lagos State,” he said.
Salami said the real congress was
the one held at ACME in the presence of INEC and party officials.
He insisted that the other
congresses lacked legal basis as no monitoring officer was present.
Salami accused Oki of double
standards, saying the same person who was party’s Vice Chairman (Central) when
the party conducted council elections in 57 councils was now complaining of
illegality.
Responsing, Oki told NAN that the
decision of the party’s NWC to overrule the ACME congress vindicated him and
his group.
“I have always said you cannot
build something on nothing. What is wrong us wrong.
“I will continue to say that the
constitutionally known local governments in Lagos is 20.
“And INEC recognises 245
wards.Therefore you cannot put up any illegality and expect it to hold.
“And if you look at their own congresses,
you will see that they were full of contradictions and illegalities.
“The reaction of the NWC cannot
be clearer. That is what we are seeing.
“We have a NWC that is committed to the Constitution,
to the rule of law and the electoral act and that is why they are trying to put
things right”, he said.
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