Amidst the volume of petitions and court cases, arising from the conduct of the All Progressives Congress Ward Congresses, a chieftain of the party, Honourable Patrick Obahiagbon has advised aggrieved chieftains to abandon litigations and make use of the party internal mechanisms on dispute resolutions.
The former member of the House of Representatives made the appeal, on Friday, while speaking with newsmen at the party national secretariat in Abuja.
Obahiagbon who disclosed that the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC has been empowered with the National Executive Committee to reprimand recalcitrant members, however, commended Governor Mai Mala Buni led CECPC for always appealing to the individual conscience of members.
He said: “I am aware and I do know sir, that you are equally aware that as I speak to you just now, this party inaugurated a Ward Congress Appeal Committee about a week ago and the Appeal Committee sitting over disputations and controversies that has arisen from some wards congresses in some states are currently sitting.
“My advice to any member of the political party who has any issue arising from the just concluded ward congresses no matter his status in society my advice to such person would be to take advantage of the various Ward Congresses Appeal Committee currently reviewing issues arising from the congresses which we have just alluded to. That is the democratic way to go.”
Obahiagbon further declared that the majority of APC faithful are comfortable with the administration of the APC national secretariat by Governor Buni as he maintained that the Yobe State governor and his team have delivered on their mandate.
“The world can bear eloquent testimony to the fact that the membership registration organised, and successfully conducted by the committee was a huge success.”
Across the entire polling units, wards, local governments and states of the country and the Federal Capital Territory, the CECPC seamlessly conducted a peaceful exercise, devoid of a single record of political bellicosity and virulent belligerency.
At the conclusion of the exercise, the membership population of our great party rose to a little above 40 million; a figure well above the projected targets.
“May I pontificate, that the supra feat is unheard of in the history of political party management not only in our country but the entire continent of Africa.
“On the resolution of conflicts that has been the bane of our party for a period of years, the CECPC commenced its assignment of bringing all aggrieved party members back into the fold and ensure willing termination of all ongoing litigations against the party and among members on issues that relate to the party.
“The CECPC embarked on a genuine reconciliation drive that accords all aggrieved members, fair hearing and objective responses, placing party interests above individual interests.
“The Committee also visited some key stakeholders and left its reconciliatory doors wide open for those willing to visit the committee as well as, for suggestions and inputs.
“The transparent and objective approach to the problems that bedevilled the party, provided new confidence and trust in the party. Virtually all aggrieved members and groups who had left the party or sued the party in various courts willingly accepted reconciliation and withdrew litigations in the courts against the party.
“Against the backdrop of the magnitude and plenitude of the reconciliatory drive embarked upon by the CECPC, the fortune of the party in the last year has greatly improved across the country and especially, in the South-East and the South-South which has been the stronghold and bastion of the opposition in the past.
“I can confidently tell you all today that the APC is now more peaceful, more accommodating, and more united with more prospects than it was when the CECPC came on board.”
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