You Have No Powers to Sack Us, Kwara APC Tells Oshiomhole, NWC

Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja and Hammed Shittu in Ilorin

The sacked Kwara State Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the dissolution of its dissolution, saying the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole and the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party have no powers to sack the state officers.

However, the state APC said the purported dissolution of its executives at the ward, local government and state levels was not only outrightly unlawful but also null and void. The state APC made its position known in a statement issued in Ilorin, the state capital, and signed by its state Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Buhari Sulyman.

The statement added that, “we confirm that there is no case of lacuna in the party leadership in Kwara State and there was no ground for the purported dissolution. Thus, the NWC erred in law. Furthermore, the purported dissolution is null and void. “We recall that for many weeks, party members worked assiduously and painstakingly to elect party leadership at the ward, local government and state levels in Kwara State,” the party said.

Sulyman stated that, “The party structure was certified as duly elected by the NWC of APC. The duly elected party structure in Kwara State cannot be overthrown or dissolved by an unlawful declaration from Abuja.

“Considering the inglorious role played by Oshiomole, he has lost the respect of the leadership and members of APC in the 16 LGAs and 193 wards of Kwara State.

“He (Oshiomhole) has destroyed his human rights credentials. It is crystal clear the emerging dictator is always willing to trample on the rights of other party members whenever his personal interest is involved”.

The statement added, “While the party will exercise legal means to protect the constitutional mandates of the party leadership at the ward, local government and state levels, we wish to reaffirm that the Alhaji Ishola Balogun Fulani – led State Executive Committee (SEC) remains the only authentic and lawful leadership of APC in Kwara State.”