Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, has threatened that the party will not hesitate to sack any of its state chairmen found to have emerged fraudulently. Akande said this during the inauguration of 34 state chairmen including that of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja, on Thursday.
He explained that the party had zero tolerance for illegality while explaining that the inauguration did not grant the chairmen immunity from being given the boot if the process leading to their emergence was found to be fraudulent.
According to him, the national headquarters is still looking into complains from states, which he did not mention, with a view to reviewing the outcome of some of the congresses.
He recalled that since INEC registered the party on July 31, 2013, the party’s interim national executive committee, which was inaugurated soon afterwards, had met 10 times to chart a course for the new party.
He said pursuant to its mandate, the interim national executive set about structuring the party through the registration of members and the conduct of congresses at the local, ward and state levels.
Akande said, “We conducted primaries at the ward level at the local government level and at the state level that is why you have become the face of these activities here today.
“That is not the end of the story, there are complains and protests about how some of you emerged we are not going these under the carpet.
“We are going to continue our investigations on how you emerged and those of you who emerged not in accordance with the guidelines of this party will be thrown out.
“It has happened before in this country when governors are inaugurated and it is later discovered that they have not properly emerged they are removed.
“If you know you have anything to cover, the APC is not the place for you. As times goes on we shall issue guidelines for the national convention.”
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