Fresh Crisis Erupts As Buhari, Governors Rally For APC National Convention

Just as it emerged that All Progressives Congress, APC governors would meet with President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday to set a definite date for the party’s national convention, fresh crisis erupted as five aggrieved chieftains of the party approached the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja for an injunction to stop the move.

The Plaintiffs- Suleiman Dimas Usman, Muhammed Shehu, Samaila Isahaka, Idris Isah and Audu Emmanuel- told the court that they are members of the party in Zamfara state and the Federal Capital Territory.

They told the court that the APC Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, led by the governor of Yobe state, Mai Mal Buni, is planning to hold a national congress, despite the fact that some states, including Anambra and Zamfara, are without state executives.

In an affidavit they attached in support of the suit, the Plaintiffs, told the court that the party had on October 16, 2020, conducted congresses in only 34 states for the purpose of electing executive committees for the states.

They told the court that no congress was held by the APC in both Zamfara and Anambra states, thereby leaving the two states without executives setting the stage for the crisis shadowing plans for a national convention.

The Plaintiffs contended that since both the Constitution of the party and the Electoral Act stipulated that state executives are the ones to vote during national congress, the two states without executive committee members would be disenfranchised and denied the right to participate, should the party proceed to conduct its planned national convention in February.

Besides, they argued that many members of the party had gone to court to challenge the outcome of congresses that held in the 34 states, on grounds of irregularity and non-compliance with the party’s constitution and the Electoral Act.

Cited as Defendants in the suit dated January 4 and marked FHC/ABJ/CS/3/2022, are the APC, the Chairman, All Progressives Congress’ Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, as well as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

Meanwhile, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, chairman of the Northern Governors Forum told State House correspondents on Friday that the APC governors would meet with President Buhari on Sunday to set a date for the APC national convention.

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