Ward Congresses: Tension In Osun APC Secretariat As Appeal Committee Commences slzitting

By Toba Adedeji, Osogbo

There was tension at the All Progressives Congress(APC) secretariat, Osun State on Saturday as Ward Congress Appeal Committee commenced sitting on petitions.

The Appeal Committee from the National Secretariat chaired by Ambassador Obed Wadzain on Friday vowed to be fair to all members of the party during the sittings.

Secretary of the committee, Barr Femi Odufowokan, explained it received 32 petitions from 10 wards.

“We received in Boripe, Odo-Otin, Ede North, Osogbo, Isokan, Ejigbo, Atakunmosa, Irewole and Ifedayo. We are going to attend to 31 because one of them is on the issue of party registration which we are not directed to attend to,” he hinted.

Party members on Saturday morning thronged the secretariat to submit petitions.

Although there was the presence of heavily armed security operatives, the agitators became unruly at the secretariat.

Ambassador Wadzain implored them to trust the committee, assuring them of fairness.

“We are here to look into the petition submitted. We are from the same family. All of you have contributed to the building, consolidation and strengthening of this party. We will not leave this place without attending to all the petitions that you have brought.

“We want you to go back home with the spirit of assurance that this party is your own and the right thing will be done. This will not be done in an atmosphere of rowdiness, we need you, people, to calm down without that we can not listen to your petition.

“We will be inviting you one by one to our sittings. We need calmness, we are all members of the same family, we are not here to fight ourselves.”

– The Nation