The Borno State chapter of the
All Progressives Congress, APC, has described the planned defection of former
factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ali Modu
Sheriff to the ruling party, as “a rumour.”
The State Chairman of the party,
Ali Dolori said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
The report came that the former
PDP chairman was set to join the ruling party on Thursday.
The leadership of the APC,
however, asked him to join from his ward.
Reacting, Dolori said, “I want to
assure you that the news remains a rumour, because somebody is only trying to
fly a kite that is capable of causing confusion during the state congress.
“We are aware of the well
articulated plan and we are ready to defend any attempt towards destroying our
party at the ward level and in any state — not just Borno.
“We shall conduct our congresses
peacefully without any rancour and I assure you that nobody can create any
faction for our party in Borno during the congress expected to hold in less
than two weeks.”
He noted that Article 9 .1 of the
party’s 2014 amended Constitution was specific that application “for membership
shall be made to and cleared by the party ’s ward executives in the Local
Government Area where the person was born, resides , works or originates.”
Dolori added, “Online
registration shall also be acceptable, provided that it was cleared by the
party ’s National Working Committee.
“Where an application is refused,
the applicant may, as of right, appeal to the Local Government Area Executive
Committee of the party or to the National Secretary or National Chairman in
case of online registration.”
“I, therefore, don’t see how the
party’s national chairman can receive any person into the party, when the
constitution is clear about the process in that regard,” Dolori said
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