Senator Shehu Sani groups dump APC

Senator Shehu Sani’s group dumps APC

July 13, 2018

Senator Shehu Sani

A faction of the All Progressive Congress known as APC Akida and members of APC Restoration group in Kaduna state on Friday dumped the ruling party.
According to the two groups, they decided to dump APC because the party had failed to meet the expectations of millions of Nigerians who voted for the party.
The two groups disclosed this at a joint news briefing in Kaduna under the leadership of Mataimaki Maiyashi for Akida group and Jaafaru Ibrahim for Restoration.
The groups did not mention the new party they will be joining but said serious consultation was ongoing with political parties that share their values.
According to Mr Maiyashi, they were satisfied with the position to dump APC because the party is incapable of accommodating criticism.
Mr Maiyashi explained further that the joint press conference was the culmination of extensive reviews and consultations over the state of the APC in Kaduna State as well as in the nation.
Shehu Sani, the senator representing Kaduna Central is a member of the Akida faction and has always threatened to dump the party. But he was not at the press conference.
“Members of our two groups have decided to leave the APC because it is incapable of accommodating and responding to well-meaning dissent, criticism and demands for inclusiveness and internal democracy,” Mr Maiyashi said.
“It has not lived up to the expectations of the millions of people who laboured to put in power,as well as Nigerian who expected that it will usher in genuine change.
“We are hereby advising all our teeming members to formalize their withdrawal from the APC. We are engaged in serious discussions with parties which share our value and principles toward political collaboration that best suits our interests.

“In due course,we will make public the outcome of these discussions. We want to commend the resilience and commitment of our members in the face of institutionalized exclusion,marginalization and abuse.We urge them all to keep faith,” he said.
The chief of staff to senate president Bukola Saraki, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, who is also a member of the Akida group, dumped APC weeks ago.

R-APC asks court to void APC convention, sack Oshiomhole, 53 others On July 13, 20185:26 amIn News18 Comments Oshiomhole By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—The internal crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress, APC, deepened yesterday, as the Buba Galadima led faction approached the Abuja Division of a Federal High Court, praying it to nullify the National Convention the party held on June 23. Aside Galadima, other leaders of the Reformed All Progressive Congress, R-APC, that are behind the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1734/18, are Kazeem Afegbua (Edo State), Nicholas Asuzu (Anambra) and Alhaji Hadi Ametuo (Kogi). The plaintiffs claimed that they instituted the action on behalf of all other National Officers, States Chairmen and State Executives of the APC. They urged the court to restrain the former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole and 52 others, from parading themselves as officers of the party or performing any function in such capacity, as their elections and swearing in as officers of APC was invalid, null and void. Besides Oshiomhole and 52 other officers of the party that emerged through the disputed convention, the APC itself and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, were listed as the 53rd and 54th defendants in the suit. Specifically, the plaintiffs urged the court to among other things, declare that having regard to the Constitution of the APC, particularly Article 20 thereof, as well as the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Electoral Act, “the election conducted by the Party at Eagle Square Abuja, on the 23rd day of June 2018, is invalid , null and void , particularly the purported election of the following persons into the following respective ofiices: “National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, National Welfare Secretary, Alhaji Ibrahim Masari, National Financial Secretary, Alhaji Tunde Bello, National Physically Challenged, Misbahu L. Didi, Zonal Secretary, North-Central Dr. Zakari Muhammed, Zonal Organising, North-Central, Ibrahim M. Abdul, Zonal Women Leader, North-Central, Hajia Hassana Abduliahi, Ex-ofiicio, North-Central, Nelson Abba, Zonal Secretary North-East Abubakar Sadiq Ajia, Ex-officio, North-East, Mallam lsah Azare, Zonal Secretary North-West Tukur A. Gusau, Zonal Organizing Secretary, North-West, Abdulmunab Muhammad.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/07/r-apc-asks-court-to-void-apc-convention-sack-oshiomhole-53-others/

R-APC asks court to void APC convention, sack Oshiomhole, 53 others On July 13, 20185:26 amIn NewsComments Oshiomhole By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—The internal crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress, APC, deepened yesterday, as the Buba Galadima led faction approached the Abuja Division of a Federal High Court, praying it to nullify the National Convention the party held on June 23. Aside Galadima, other leaders of the Reformed All Progressive Congress, R-APC, that are behind the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1734/18, are Kazeem Afegbua (Edo State), Nicholas Asuzu (Anambra) and Alhaji Hadi Ametuo (Kogi). The plaintiffs claimed that they instituted the action on behalf of all other National Officers, States Chairmen and State Executives of the APC. They urged the court to restrain the former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole and 52 others, from parading themselves as officers of the party or performing any function in such capacity, as their elections and swearing in as officers of APC was invalid, null and void. Besides Oshiomhole and 52 other officers of the party that emerged through the disputed convention, the APC itself and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, were listed as the 53rd and 54th defendants in the suit. Specifically, the plaintiffs urged the court to among other things, declare that having regard to the Constitution of the APC, particularly Article 20 thereof, as well as the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Electoral Act, “the election conducted by the Party at Eagle Square Abuja, on the 23rd day of June 2018, is invalid , null and void , particularly the purported election of the following persons into the following respective ofiices: “National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, National Welfare Secretary, Alhaji Ibrahim Masari, National Financial Secretary, Alhaji Tunde Bello, National Physically Challenged, Misbahu L. Didi, Zonal Secretary, North-Central Dr. Zakari Muhammed, Zonal Organising, North-Central, Ibrahim M. Abdul, Zonal Women Leader, North-Central, Hajia Hassana Abduliahi, Ex-ofiicio, North-Central, Nelson Abba, Zonal Secretary North-East Abubakar Sadiq Ajia, Ex-officio, North-East, Mallam lsah Azare, Zonal Secretary North-West Tukur A. Gusau, Zonal Organizing Secretary, North-West, Abdulmunab Muhammad.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/07/r-apc-asks-court-to-void-apc-convention-sack-oshiomhole-53-others/