The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday reacted to the recent suspension of the party members in the State.
In a statement signed by the chairman of the party, Prince Sunday Fagbemi, the leadership of the party expressed its concerns over the report suspension of some party members at their ward levels.
He said: “Leadership of the Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed concerns over report suspension of some party members at their ward levels.
“While the party agrees that organisation survives without discipline and respect for leadership, the party feels it is also important to build a group cohesion through connection and consensus building,” he added.
However, the party urged all organs across the state to shelve primitive measures against any member, while imploring them to embrace peace and reconciliation, which will help to forster a strong party and spirit of collective responsibility among members.
The chairman said, this is the time to rally every member of the party behind Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s agenda for positive growth and collective prosperity for the people of the state.
He added that the responsibility before the party and its government is to justify the confidence the people have reposed in the party by re-electing the Governor and voting for all the party’s candidates in the recent election, including the president-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Meanwhile, it stressed that this neither takes away a need to ensure party discipline as enshrined in the constitution nor does it imply that the concerned party executives necessarily acted in bad faith, but about bringing everyone together for the purpose of peace and development.
In a related development, the members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ogidi ward, Ilorin west local government area of Kwara State has has ordered the sack and indefinite suspension of the ward executives over their suspension order on the senator representing Kwara Central, Dr Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe.
It was reported that the Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had on Thursday suspended the Senator representing Kwara central at the red chamber, Senator Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe over anti-party activities.
The suspension is alongside with the coordinator of the constituency office of the Senator, Alhaji Waheed Piri.
In a statement signed by the chairman, Ogidi ward, on Wednesday, said the party accused senator Oloriegbe for role being played by him during the Governorship and House of Assembly elections.
The chairman, APC Ogidi ward, Mr Babatunde Olohunosebi, when contacted by our correspondent, confirmed the development, saying the suspension was necessary as senator Oloriegbe had been served warning several times but do not heed, while adding that the decision is inline with party’s constitution.
Meanwhile, some members of the party in the ward led by Chairman elders forum, Mall. Abdul Raheem Alalinkinla (Baba Elepo) swiftly reversed it and declared Oloriegbe suspension as unconstitutional null and void and of no effect.
According to Alalinkinla, the members of the party equally frowned at the actions of some party executive who have made similar adventures recently when they ignorantly announced the suspension, adding that some of the executives who signed the purported suspension letter were brainwashed by the chairman, noting that they have no idea of what the letter is all about.
“Some executive who signed the letter were brainwashed, the chairman told them that the letter is to seek for empowerment and employment opportunity from the kwara state Governor”
“Our Excos are just 26 they can’t be more than us the masses, In Ogidi ward we’ve no other leader than senator ibrahim Yahya Oloriegbe” he said.