Some leaders of the All Progressives Congress have dragged a national leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, its National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, the Independent National Electoral Commission and two others to court alleging imposition of candidates in the just-concluded congresses of the party in Lagos State.
The plaintiffs, Mr. Akinniyi Akinsiju, Michael Ajayi and three others, filed the suit on behalf of members of the New Lagos Movement, a faction of the party.
In the suit filed at the Federal High Court, Lagos on Monday, the claimants alleged that the defendants imposed their cronies as against candidates who contested and won party offices in the ward, local and state congresses held in April.
Among other things, they demanded "an order nullifying and setting aside the results of the Local Government Congresses of the 4th defendant (APC) declared in Lagos State on the 12th day of April, 2014 as same do not represent the actual outcome of the electoral processes and are mere concoctions of the 1st defendant (Tinubu) by which he actually imposed his loyalists as party leaders.
"An order nullifying the results of the state congress of the 4th defendant declared in Lagos State on the 26th day of April, 2014 as same do not represent products of genuine electoral processes and are mere concoctions of the 1st defendant by which he actually imposed his loyalists as party leaders.
In their statement of claim filed by their counsel, Nurudeen Ogbara, the claimants listed several breaches allegedly committed by the defendants in Surulere Local Government Area of the state where Tinubu allegedly in connivance with Femi Gbajabiamila, a member of the House of Representatives, declared false results and awarded offices to their stooges. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Yes very correct he actually imposed his loyalists as party leaders. But at local ward , Lga chairman and state congress same set of ppl return back to office without election and we said APC change no Change at all Bariga as a case study.....
ReplyDeletehahahahahahaha..... this is just the beginning! APC oloyeeeeeeeee! change my ass! Progressives my ass!
ReplyDeleteTinubu should also be roasted (his own words) for rigging elections. Is this what to expect from apc come 2015??? i can never vote for them anyway.
ReplyDeleteCommon practice Is not common any more, On the election days I would do yoga,bake cake and read encyclopaedia.
ReplyDeleteOnly God can help this country for me all the old politicians should give way to the young new people because they are still the same old people change of political name can never bring a change
ReplyDeleteASIWAJU AND AKANDE PLEASE LET THERE BE NO ROOM FOR PARTY DISLOYALTY BECAUSE THAT WILL GIVE BIRTH TO WEAK GRASSROOTS. IF NEED BE THE SO CALL AGGRIEVE PEOPLE SHOULD BE SUSPENDED OR EXPELLED FROM THE PARTY, SINCE THEY CANNOT TENDER THERE GRIEVANCE TO THE PARTY BUT PREFERRED TO CHALLENGE THE PARTY LEADERSHIP IN COURT. DON'T BE SURPRISE THAT THEY ARE PDP STOOGES.
ReplyDeleteTinubu want to use the other party as a ladder to climb so that he can get to state to be extorting money every month.......the remaing party leaders are useless now the likes of CPC ANPP etc bcs those ones did not have a say in the party.....that means Amechi wl be useless atlast
ReplyDeleteThis is just the beginning hahahaha!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to Tinubulics!
ReplyDeleteThere will be mass defection from APC when they choose Buhari as their candidate. APC is a party without a structure and manifestos
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