NewsWard Congresses: APC Appeal Panel Concludes Sitting In Ekiti

Ward Congresses: APC Appeal Panel Concludes Sitting In Ekiti

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August 23, (THEWILL) – The Appeal Panel set up by the National Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress has concluded its sitting in Ekiti State on a note that appellants’ allegations are weighty and cannot be swept under the carpet.

The panel, headed by Chief Iyiola Oladokun, began its hearing of the single petition received from party members who claimed that the conduct of the ward congresses in Ekiti was shoddy and could only pass for a charade.

The petitioners, acting under the aegis of South West Agenda for Asiwaju 2023 (SWAGA), have complained of witch-hunting from a rival group loyal to the state governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, christened the ‘ tokan-tokan’ group.

SWAGA had filed a petition to claim that its members were railroaded upon to compile lists of the ‘tokan-tokan’ loyalists for the just concluded congresses without recourse to stipulated rules, as mapped out by the caretaker committee.

Some of the discrepancies mentioned by SWAGA, were the alleged unilateral selection of ward congress committee by the governor’s group, without due input from a large number of state’s party stakeholders, denial of forms for some aspiring members to contest in the ward congresses, distortion of rules and sundry manipulations, skewed to entrench sectional and perpetual grip on the party’s soul by the ‘tokan-tokan’ group.

The panel, after listening to the allegations, expressed satisfaction with the presentation of the SWAGA group, but noted that it was hindered by the non – appearance of the Ekiti State Ward Congress Committee which ought to defend the claims.

The panel, comprising of Oladokun, as Chairman, Hon. Abdulahi Sadiq, Secretary, Hon Chiedu Eluemunoh; Saratu Sabo and Talatu Nasir, as members, concluded their sittings on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 with an assurance that it would be fair in treating the petition.

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AYO ESAN, has been actively reporting and analyzing political events for different newspapers for over 18 years. He has also successfully covered national and state elections in Nigeria since the inception of this democracy in 1999.

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