APC leaders address contestations, litigations ahead of National Convention 

Nigeria’s governing party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, is currently addressing contestations, litigations and fallouts of recently-conducted congresses and generally repositioning the party ahead of the national convention.

The party’s National Caretaker Secretary, Senator John Akpanudoedehe, stated this in a press release.

However, the Caretaker Committee advised the public to disregard news on the suspension of its national convention till June. Even though the party has selected February as the month to hold the convention, a specific date hasn’t been chosen. This has led to speculations as to if and when the party will conduct its convention.

According to the statement, the APC Caretaker Committee has embarked on nationwide consultation to prepare the grounds for its convention to go smoothly.

The APC added that sub-committees needed to prepare for the convention, which will be set up soon.

“Dates for party activities such as meetings, Primaries, Congresses, National Conventions are communicated through well-known official channels and not through ‘sources’. 

“The faceless authors and sponsors of fake news on APC activities, in this case, the planned national convention, are bent on causing confusion and fomenting crisis through misinformation. We should not enable them. 

“As a focus-driven, process-oriented political party, the APC Caretaker Committee under the leadership of Governor Mai Mala Buni will not be distracted by self-serving antics of these sponsors of fake news. The APC Caretaker Committee is already embarking on nationwide consultations with Party stakeholders to prepare the ground for a rancour-free national convention.

“To this end, the sub-committee on budgeting and other substructures will be set up in due course,” the statement read.

Editor/Suzan O.