Recall that APC
ward congresses held in Abia state on Saturday but was extended to Sunday due to some lapses.
He held that it was unconstitutional, illegal and unlawful for the PDP and its National Working Committee to have conducted the primaries from which the sacked legislators emerged using the lists of delegates other than the ones produced from
the ward congresses held on November 1, 2014.
It will be recalled that loyalists of Osoba held a meeting with the governor's team at Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, last Thursday, where they discussed the modalities for
the ward congresses held last Saturday and strategies for the 2019 elections.
Okorocha and the APC leaders had been at loggerheads over the result of the May 2
ward congresses held in the state, with the governor claiming that the congresses did not hold.
He said, «
our ward congress held in Abia was very peaceful, unlike other states where violence trailed theirs.
Not exact matches
The All Progressives Congress chieftains in Abia State have reacted to the Saturday's
ward congresses of the party
held in the state.
Some All Progressives Congress women in Imo staged a protest on Friday at the police command, demanding cancellation of the
ward congresses and the
holding of...
DAILY POST recalls that the two groups had last week
held two parallel local government
congresses due to the the lingering crisis that had rocked the party after its
ward congresses were
held.
Olatunbosun, while addressing journalists on Sunday in Ibadan the state capital, said, «There should be because they could not
hold their
ward congress.
The faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, backed by former governor of Kano, Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Saturday
held parallel
ward congresses in all the 440
wards in the state.
In an ongoing harmonisation meeting in Awka over the discrepancies in the party's
ward congresses, Nwoye told Ngige that he was usurping the functions of the Congress committee by stating that
ward congreses
held on Saturday when it did not.
Nothing makes this more obvious than the APC
ward congresses and Local government elections
held last week in which there were accusations of vote buying, harassment, violence, parallel
congresses, anti-party activities, and corrupt practices.
On Friday, Senator Oduah while addressing newsmen said that
ward congress of the party
held last Wednesday to elect three delegates per
ward was fraught with «irregularities and sabotage».
«Next week, beginning from Monday all through Wednesday, the National Working Committee will be
holding a meeting to work out the modalities for the
ward congresses which is expected to commence in late in February.»
This was even as the party leadership
held that the conduct of the party's
ward congresses across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory was largely peaceful.
He challenged the members of the party fighting him to allow party
congresses to
hold in the 305
wards in the state than to «run to Abuja to manipulate the process.»
But our correspondents gathered that the Monday meeting would ratify the decision of the governors to
hold fresh
congresses across the country to elect new officers for the party from
wards to the national level.
On May 6, the
ward congress by the APC was plunged into confusion, as both Audu / Faleke and Gov. Yahaya Bello factions
held separate exercise.
The commission said by the issuance of the notice,
ward congresses to select councillorship candidates by political parties would
hold on Monday.
«The
Wards and Local Government
Congress Committee charged with responsibility for the conduct of
Wards and Local Government
Congress elections for Zamfara State chaired by one Ambassador Dauda Danladi arrived Gusau, Zamfara State effectively about 11.00 pm on Friday 4, May 2018, less than 12 hours to the said
congress elections scheduled to
hold at 10.00 am of Saturday 5th, May 2018.»