Lagos APC to sue NWC over annulled Congress
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we have been operating with 20 lgs and 37 lcdas in lagos before the formation of apc2 the all progressives congress apc is troubled over threat by lagos chapter to sue the national working committee nwc for overruling the states congress conducted in the 57 council areas instead of 202 he was reacting to the national working committees overruling of the main congress of apc held at acme on may 192 another congress was convened at the same day by a chieftain mr fouad oki on the grounds that the acme congress lacked legal basis as it was conducted based on wards in 57 council areas instead of 20 approved by inec2 the national publicity secretary of the party mallam bolaji abdullah had said that the party had begun work on friday on the reports from the various appeal panels on the conduct of state congresses2 he said a meeting to resolve the issues had been held and that the lagos apc faction loyal to asiwaju bola ahmed tinubu which conducted its wards and local government congresses in 57 local council development areas had been overruled by the national leadership2 he said the state structure was however not handed over to oki who he said conducted his congress in accordance with the party laws2 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 partys deputy national chairman would begin sitting on sunday2 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 57councils because the constitution only recognises 20 councils2 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 said2 reacting salami described the nwcs decision on the main congress as mischievous saying it was meant to scuttle things at the states chapter2 the spokesman said the chapter would challenge the decision in the court of law2 we will challenge their decision at the court because there is a supreme court judgement in favour of lagos state on 57 councils2 mr abiodun salami the assistant publicity secretary of the party issued the threat during an interview with the news agency of nigerianan in lagos2 the decision is not only mischievous but a deliberate way to scuttle the party in lagos state he said2 salami said the real congress was the one held at acme in the presence of inec and party officials2 he said the other congress lacked legal basis as no monitoring officer was present2 salami accused oki of double standards saying the same person who was partys vice chairman central when the party conducted council elections in 57 councils was now complaining of illegality2 speaking to nan oki said the decision of the partys nwc to overrule the acme congress vindicated him and his group2 i have always said you cannot build something on nothing. what is wrong us wrong2 i will continue to say that the constitutionally known local governments in lagos is 202 and inec recognises 245 wards. therefore you cannot put up any illegality and expect it to hold2 and if you look at their own congresses you will see that they were full of contradictions and illegalities2 the reaction of the nwc cannot be clearer. that is what we are seeing2 we have a nwc that is committed to the constitution to the rule of law and the electoral act and that is why they are trying to put things right he said2 oki said he had been briefed that a committee was in the state to resolve the issues once and for all2 he however said he had not been invited but hoped to be invited on monday to defend his own congress. nan2

Lagos APC to sue NWC over annulled Congress
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we have been operating with 20 lgs and 37 lcdas in lagos before the formation of apc2 the all progressives congress apc is troubled over threat by lagos chapter to sue the national working committee nwc for overruling the states congress conducted in the 57 council areas instead of 202 he was reacting to the national working committees overruling of the main congress of apc held at acme on may 192 another congress was convened at the same day by a chieftain mr fouad oki on the grounds that the acme congress lacked legal basis as it was conducted based on wards in 57 council areas instead of 20 approved by inec2 the national publicity secretary of the party mallam bolaji abdullah had said that the party had begun work on friday on the reports from the various appeal panels on the conduct of state congresses2 he said a meeting to resolve the issues had been held and that the lagos apc faction loyal to asiwaju bola ahmed tinubu which conducted its wards and local government congresses in 57 local council development areas had been overruled by the national leadership2 he said the state structure was however not handed over to oki who he said conducted his congress in accordance with the party laws2 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 partys deputy national chairman would begin sitting on sunday2 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 57councils because the constitution only recognises 20 councils2 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 said2 reacting salami described the nwcs decision on the main congress as mischievous saying it was meant to scuttle things at the states chapter2 the spokesman said the chapter would challenge the decision in the court of law2 we will challenge their decision at the court because there is a supreme court judgement in favour of lagos state on 57 councils2 mr abiodun salami the assistant publicity secretary of the party issued the threat during an interview with the news agency of nigerianan in lagos2 the decision is not only mischievous but a deliberate way to scuttle the party in lagos state he said2 salami said the real congress was the one held at acme in the presence of inec and party officials2 he said the other congress lacked legal basis as no monitoring officer was present2 salami accused oki of double standards saying the same person who was partys vice chairman central when the party conducted council elections in 57 councils was now complaining of illegality2 speaking to nan oki said the decision of the partys nwc to overrule the acme congress vindicated him and his group2 i have always said you cannot build something on nothing. what is wrong us wrong2 i will continue to say that the constitutionally known local governments in lagos is 202 and inec recognises 245 wards. therefore you cannot put up any illegality and expect it to hold2 and if you look at their own congresses you will see that they were full of contradictions and illegalities2 the reaction of the nwc cannot be clearer. that is what we are seeing2 we have a nwc that is committed to the constitution to the rule of law and the electoral act and that is why they are trying to put things right he said2 oki said he had been briefed that a committee was in the state to resolve the issues once and for all2 he however said he had not been invited but hoped to be invited on monday to defend his own congress. nan2