Parallel APC Congress Holds in Kogi

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The Audu/Faleke faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State has declared that majority of its candidates won in the party’s ward  congresses held across the state yesterday.

The state APC chairman, Alhaji Haddi Ametuo, said he was glad to announce that APC members came out in their numbers to elect the ward executives.

“Having consulted widely with our people and critical stakeholders of the APC on our initial boycott plans and received assurances, we directed our members to come out in their droves to participate in the congresses today, and I am glad to say that the congresses went well without hitches across the state with our members recording massive victory.

“May I use this opportunity to thank the congress officials from Abuja, INEC monitoring team and the various security agencies for ensuring a conducive environment for a hitch-free congress.

“The people have spoken. It is now clear that the much needed repositioning of our party in the state is on course”, Ametuo said.

But the acting chairman of the party, Ahovi Ibrahim, debunked the claims by Ametuo, saying the faction was never on the field for the Congress.

He said the exercise was conducted with members coming out in their thousands to elect their leaders at the ward level but the Audu/Faleke group members were not on ground.

Ahovi said, “We had our congresses today (Saturday) and it was peaceful across the 21 local government areas of the state, our members came out in large number and it was witnessed by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), security agencies and even men of the Nigerian Army were drafted in some instances.

“There was nowhere we saw the Ametuo group, although INEC confirmed that they wrote them that they wanted to conduct Congress, they were not on the ground at the venues they gave”.


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