Stakeholders meeting of Kwara
state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held in Ilorin, the state
capital ahead of the next week Tuesday commencement of the party membership
registration exercise in the state on Wednesday, ended abruptly as violence
marred the excercise.
No fewer than ten members of the
party sustained serious injuries while the crisis lasted.
The meeting which was held at the
Banquet Hall, Government House, Ilorin was initiated by the National
Re-validation/Registration Membership committee of the party led by Senator John
Adonoi.
Recall that on Tuesday, the
faction loyal to the removed state Chairman, Hon Bashir Bolarinwa protested on
the streets of Ilorin over allegations that the new chairman, Alh Sanmari
Abdullahi wanted to manipulate the exercise.
The Chairman Caretaker Committee,
Alh Sanmari while receiving the APC Committee from Abuja also appealed that all
members and new ones should be duly registered, and not disenfranchised. The
seven-man committee led by Senator Adonoi arrived Ilorin, the state capital on Monday for the exercise
and fixed Wednesday for meeting with the stakeholders.
Upon arrival, the chairman,
Senator Adonoi said that it has received 187,200 booklets from the party in
Abuja for the exercise.
During the melee, iron chairs and
other valuable materials in the hall were freely used by the aggrieved members
of the opposing camps who freely attacked one another. The crowded banquet hall
soon became virtually empty as members vacated the venue and ran away for
safety.
It was reliably gathered that
factions in the party sharply disagreed over selected members who were being
screened by the security operatives at the gate to enter the main hall for the
stakeholders’ meeting. The shouting on the security operatives at the entrance
soon became intense and the aggrieved party members later forced themselves
into the hall.
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