APC has restated its resolve to discipline members who have instituted legal proceedings against the party.
Gatekeepers News reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has restated its resolve to discipline members who have instituted legal proceedings against the party, saying its hierarchy is compiling a list of all such litigants for transmission to its National Executive Committee, NEC, to apply constitutional sanctions.
National Secretary of the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, disclosed this while giving a preliminary overview of last Saturday’s local government congresses.
He described the local government congresses as “very successful” and “far better than the ward congress.”
Akpanudoedehe said: “We are already compiling the list of all the cases, and you are very conversant with the party constitution. We will inform the NEC, and NEC will take a decision.
“We will gather the whole thing together and approach NEC for a decision. But do we stand by what the NEC said? The decision of the NEC? Yes.
“I don’t know why you are reporting what is not available. As far as APC is concerned, we are very structured. We put up a committee, and the committee has gone out to conduct the congresses. The next step will be an appeal, and anyone with issues will go to the appeal; if you are not satisfied with the appeal, the caretaker committee will handle it. That is our structure.
“This is party politics. It is a family affair. If you check many of the reports people complain about on the pages of the newspaper but to approach the appeal panel, there is no substantive evidence to warrant the expectation of what you are talking about.
“There can be complaints somewhere. Don’t forget the last statement that we issued. There is a window of opportunity when people are not satisfied. The Caretaker committee is still open.
“You know that the supervising institution of a political party is the INEC. We will write to INEC, and by the rule of the land, we are to give them 21 days notice. You will also write to INEC stating the names of people who are going to those congresses, the venue you will conduct the congresses, you will also announce locally stating the time of the congress, and we would inform the security agencies for protection and guide.
‘’If you move away from the organisation stipulated by INEC, we will describe it the way anybody will describe it.
“This is the headquarters of APC. If you go and set up something outside here, it is no more APC. I’m just hearing from you that there was a parallel congress. I don’t know.
“Forms are available. If they didn’t give you forms in your state, come to Abuja. We will give it to you. We have said that clearly that we shall sell the form to you if your state is not ready to sell to you.”
