Following two weeks extension for the conduct of the All Progressives Congress (APC) congress in four states, which includes Kwara State, by the party’s Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) on Tuesday, the two factions in the Kwara State chapter of the APC say they are in the dark over the extension.
The two APC factions denied receiving registration materials for the revalidation exercise said to have been sent to the state by the CECPC.
The APC CECPC in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja endorsed by its National Secretary, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, had extended the registration and revalidation exercise of the party in four states of Kwara, Ogun, Imo and Rivers.
The exercise which had earlier been scheduled to hold June 10, 2021 was extended by two weeks by the committee.
“Registration materials have been adequately deployed to the listed states and any attempt to deprive intending registrants will be dealt with accordingly in line with the provisions of the APC constitution and guidelines for the exercise.
“All Nigerians who are desirous of joining the progressive fold are welcome to take advantage of this window and register as members of the APC,” the statement had stated.
However, both the faction of the party loyal to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and the group supporting the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said they are yet to receive any material for the conduct of the exercise in the state.
Speaking with journalists in the development in Ilorin on Tuesday, the party’s Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Tajudeen Folarnmi Aro, said that, “I have been to the party’s secretariat, but there has been nothing of such and nobody has contacted us about any registration materials. That is if the extension is true anyway.
“All that we have heard is only from the social media. We are the ones that first called for the extension of the exercise. So, we are not opposed to it if it is true.”
Also, the factional Financial Secretary, Mohammed Tajudeen said, “That is what we heard that the exercise has been extended by two weeks in line with what the minister had earlier said and the materials have been sent.
“While we are happy with the extension as it will allow our teeming members the opportunity to register. We are yet to be contacted about any registration materials by the national and we don’t know where it was sent or who received it in Kwara. We have been at the Secretariat since. We are still looking forward to knowing what will happen now,” he said.