APC state chairmen take grievance to Oyegun

The 36 states chairmen of the ruling APC met with the party’s national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, on Wednesday behind closed-doors where they reportedly complained about not being carried along in the scheme of things.

The meeting which lasted for a little over four hours is the first of its kind since the party won the presidential elections on March 28, 2015.

One of the chairmen from a state in the North-Wes who spoke on condition of anonymity said though the state chairmen convened the meeting to review the last elections, they also used the opportunity to, among other things, express their displeasure over the way they were being left out of the scheme of things.

He said, “As chairmen of the party at the level of states, we worked for the party and we deserve to be carried along now that the victory has been won.

“We are, however, not happy that we are being kept in the dark about happenings within the party and we told him so.

“We raised this issue because the states are being neglected and since we do not support disunity within our party, we decided to meet with the chairman to work out ways of improving the situation in the interest of the party.

“On his part, the national chairman told us he has been looking for an opportunity to meet with us to share ideas but that the electioneering campaigns and the limited time the party had to organise itself before the election made it difficult.”

The party leader, however, said the crisis which erupted after the leadership elections in the National Assembly were not discussed.

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