APC Axe Dangles on Insubordinate Members in Abia as Party Holds LG Congress

By Emmanuel Ugwu-Nwogo

The Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has readied its members for the local government congress slated for today following the arrival of the congress committees headed by Hon. Sonny Goli.

But the disciplinary axe of the party appears to be dangling on insubordinate factional leaders who have defied the directive of the party’s Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC).

The group led by Hon. Donatus Nwankpa had on Thursday reportedly inaugurated unelected ward chairmen contrary to the party’s directive after the CECPC had ratified and adopted the results of the ward congress conducted on July 31, 2021.

The National Secretary of APC, Senator John James Akpanudiedebe, had in a statement issued in Abuja said that “there is no need for any further inauguration” since the CECPC has ratified and adopted the results of the ward congress.

“Any state caretaker committee who swears in any person or group of persons who are not elected through a congress conducted by the designated National Congress Committees of the party is null, void and of no effect,” he said.

Addressing journalists on arrival at the APC state secretariat, Goli, who is the chairman of the congress committee which conducted the ward congress said that he was not aware of any other ward congress result outside the one he submitted.

“The result of the ward congress we conducted had been submitted to the CECPC and accepted,” he said, adding that the party was now ready for the LG congress.

Goli stated that his committee had met with all stakeholders of Abia APC and assured that “we’ll be fair to all party members” adding that the committee would monitor the LG congress to ensure that it was smoothly conducted.