The All Progressives Congress
(APC) national secretariat was on Monday literally turned a battle ground as
state chairmen that emerged from the parallel State Congresses jostled for
recognition during the ceremony to inaugurate authentic chairmen.
This happened as the National
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun sworn
in the new APC State Chairmen whose emergence was endorsed by the party.
NAN reports that security operatives,
positioned at both the main entrance and gate leading into the building, had
their hands filled trying to curtail the surging party members and their
supporters.
The situation was rowdy almost
all through the duration of the event as factional chairmen and their
supporters battled endlessly to gain entrance into the main hall.
The Minister of Women Affairs,
Sen. Aisha Alhassan, and that of Communication Adebayo Shittu were denied
entrance into the hall despite efforts by their security details to get them
in.
The situation degenerated into a
shouting match and threats by supporters of the factions denied entrance which
resulted in the security agents releasing canister of teargas to disperse the
protesters.
The minster of Women Affairs
whose faction was already in the hall, however, said she was not bothered that
she was denied entrance into the hall, saying that such situations were normal
in politics.
“I was not disappointed at all
that I was denied entry into the hall, because I was made to understand that
the National Working Committee restricted the entrance into the hall to only
the chairmen for security reasons.
“As a politician, I am not
surprised over what happened,” she said.
The factional chairman of the
Minister of Communication was, however, not allowed entrance into the hall
while the faction loyal to the State Governor, Sen. Abiola Ajumobi was allowed
in.
Defending the decision to deny
the two ministers entrance, a secretariat staff who pleaded anonymity said they
were not officially invited for the function.
He added that the ministers only
came to ensure that their factional chairmen were among those inaugurated.
However, normalcy was restored
shortly after the inauguration as the vanquished stormed out of the
secretariat, while the victor celebrated with music and dances.
Outstanding among the victors
were the Imo state delegation whose happiness knew no bound following the
swearing in of Hilary Eke as the authentic chairman.
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