The All Progressives Congress
(APC) in Lagos East Senatorial District on Thursday commenced reconciliatory
moves to bring all members together after party primaries, ahead of the 2019
General Elections.
Party leaders from the district,
at a Reconciliatory Stakeholders’ Meeting they organised in Lagos on Thursday,
said it was time to bring all, including aggrieved party faithful, together
again.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that reports that the meeting had in attendance members of the
Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) like Sen. Anthony Adefuye, Chief Lanre Rasak,
Chief Olumuyiwa Sosanya and Chief Akanni Seriki, among others from the
district.
Also in attendance were members
of the Lagos State House of Assembly, council chairmen, women and youth leaders
from the district.
Sosanya, a GAC member from
Kosofe/Somolu zone, emphasised in his remarks the need for members to be
united.
“We have adopted a resolution
that members of APC in the Lagos East should be united. We belong to the same
family.
“Irrespective of the groups we
belong to, we should be united under the umbrella of the same party. There
should be no discrimination, “ the leader said.
According to him, the meeting is
for peace and to spread the hands of fellowship to all members of the party who
may be aggrieved after the primaries.
Also speaking, Rasak, a GAC
leader from Epe zone, said that lack of meeting point among leaders in the
district had affected unity and togetherness in the party.
Rasak, however, said that the
party leaders had met and stressed the need for unity in the 16 council areas
that made up of the district.
He said that the district had
been divided into three zones — Ikorodu, Epe and Kosofe/Somolu.
Rasak, who was speaking on behalf
of the GAC members, said that Adefuye had been appointed as the new Senatorial
Leader and Seriki appointed as the Deputy Senatorial Leader.
He said that three vice chairmen
had been appointed to coordinate each zone and provide leadership.
According to him, Prince Abiodun
Ogunleye, former deputy governor is the Vice Chairman for Ikorodu zone, Sosanya
for Somolu/Kosofe zone while he was appointed for Epe zone.
He said they were to preside over
the meetings in the zones, urging the leaders to ensure that no one broke the
chain of command.
“We should go back to our
respective zones and establish necessary structure for the harmonisation,
resolution of all disputes”.
Seriki, another GAC member,
warned against betrayal and disloyalty, saying that party faithful should be
fairly rewarded and all infighting should end.
Tunde Braimoh, a member
representing Kosofe Constituency II in Lagos Assembly, said the meeting was to
rejig and reengineer the party ahead of the elections.
Braimoh said that only one person
could get a seat where many people indicated interest.
He said there was a need to bring
everybody together after the contest to move forward for the task ahead.
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