Lai Mohammed, minister of
information, has asked Kwara state members of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) in the camp of Senate President Bukola Saraki to either resign federal
government appointments or risk being sacked.
The minister said this at a press
conference in his Oro, his hometown in Irepodun local government area of Kwara
state.
Mohammed said it is unacceptable
that members of the party who chose not to desert the party would not benefit
from the government, while those who have decamped to other political parties
would still hold on to the political appointment of a party they have dumped.
The minister also expressed
confidence that the ruling APC would win the gubernatorial election in the
state in 2019.
“For six members of house of
representatives to decamp from All Progressives Congress in Kwara state, to
other political parties,we don’t need a rocket science to know,that all of them
are no longer with us,” he said.
“They cannot continue to enjoy
the political appointment of a party they have dumped, while those who are our
genuine members, still in the party don’t have such benefits.”
Mohammed also disclosed the
intention of the federal government to dissolve the APC faction loyal to
Saraki.
He said this is as a result of
the wide consultations with all the stakeholders in the state.
Mohammed read out some
resolutions arrived at during the “consultation”.
“That the Balogun Fulani-led
Kwara APC executive committee be immediately dissolved and a fresh congress
that will include all Kwara APC members and those who are just coming into the
party be held at the various levels to constitute a new executive.
“That all those who got
appointments by deceit, hiding under the facade of being party men and women,
should immediately resign such appointments or be fired.
“That the recent gale of
defections has now put the APC in a position of true majority in the national
assembly, as those who remain are the ones who are truly committed to the
ideals of our great Party.
“That all members and supporters
of our great party restate their unflinching support for President Muhammadu
Buhari and assure him of a harvest of votes from Kwara state in the 2019
general election. That all members should remain calm because there is no cause
for alarm.”
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