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By Rotimi Ijikanmi
Ilorin, Feb. 16, 2021 Prof. Oba ABdulRaheem says the ongoing registration and revalidation of members of the APC in Kwara is flawed with deliberate policies to deregister and disenfranchise members of the party in the state.
Ibrahim is a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, former Executive Secretary of the Federal Character Commission and a leading politician in Kwara.
Speaking with newsmen at his Ajikobi Central Ward Polling Unit in Ilorin, AbdulRaheem said a large chunk of the party members were being deliberately disenfranchised from the exercise
He said since the exercise began on Feb. 9, not a single registration official had been sighted at any of the nine polling units in his Ward, not to talk of registration materials.
By Rotimi Ijikanmi
Oro (Kwara), Feb. 15, 2021 The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has demanded the immediate cancellation of the ongoing APC membership registration exercise in Kwara for non compliance with the party’s regulations and guidelines.
The minister made the demand in his home town in Oro, near Ilorin, after partaking in the party’s national registration and revalidation exercise at his PU006 Oro Ward 2.
Speaking at a media briefing, Mohammed demanded the putting in place of a process to ensure the conduct of a credible and fair exercise that would enjoy the support and confidence of all.
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JOHN ALECHENU examines the ongoing All Progressives Congress membership registration/revalidation and concludes that if concerns raised by some of its founding fathers are not adequately addressed, the party may be heading for a major crisis
The announcement by the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led All Progressives Congress Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee, that it had received approval from the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to embark on a membership registration /revalidation took many by surprise.
Opposition to the exercise started in the form of a protest by a group of party supporters under the aegis of Concerned APC Members. Spokesperson of the group, Abdullahi Dauda, while explaining their position said, “The mandate given to the Buni committee was simple, reconcile aggrieved party members and hold a national convention to elect new national officers for our party.”