The National leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday announced the cancellation of all the congresses held in Lagos State by the various factions.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Bolaji Abdullah who made this known while speaking to newsmen, said that the party had begun work on the reports from the various appeal panels on the conduct of the state congresses.
He disclosed that a meeting to resolve the issues had been held and that the Lagos APC faction loyal to Tinubu which conducted its wards and local government congresses in 57 local council development areas had been overruled by the national leadership.
He however stressed that the State structure of the party was not handed over to Oki who he said conducted his congress in accordance with the party laws. He added that a five-man panel had been set up to dissect the constitutionality of the two congresses and that the panel, headed by the party’s Deputy National Chairman, would begin sitting on Monday.
“Yes, we set up a panel to look at the issues in the Lagos chapter. Of course,we overruled those who conducted their congresses in 57 councils because the Constitution only recognises 20 councils.
“We could not have discountenanced those who conducted in 20 councils because that is constitutional. The issue in Lagos is about legality and constitutionality”, he said.
Recall that in May, the party held a parallel congress in Lagos. While the faction loyal to the National Leaders, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu conducted the exercise across the 57 Area Councils, the Fouad Oki faction conducted its exercise in the known 20 Local Government Areas.
