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LG CONGRESSES: Amid parallel elections, APC reveals results it’ll recognise
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described holding of parallel congresses in some states during the weekend to choose party leaders at the local government levels as an exercise in futility.
The party said that the congresses it will recognise its results are only those conducted in line with the party constitution and organised by the congress committee charged by the party to organise such congress.
Stories of some state like Bayelsa, Kogi, among others, holding parallel congresses during the party’s last Saturday nationwide Local Government congresses pervaded news headlines.
But reacting in a statement on Monday, APC national publicity secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, said that there was no such thing as parallel congress recognised by the ruling party.
“The only congress recognised by the party is that conducted in accordance with the Party constitution, which was organised by the congress committee charged by the party to organise such congress.
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“We therefore regard any so-called parallel congresses as exercise in futility and attempt to cause confusion in the party.
“We wish to reiterate that any party member who has any genuine grievances regarding the congresses should channel such through the Appeals Committee in their respective states,” he said.
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