Kwara APC council congress had accredited delegates -Chairman

Alhaji Abdullahi Samari, Chairman of the APC’s Kwara State Caretaker Committee, said on Tuesday that there was no parallel congress in the state last Saturday.

In an interview with journalists in Ilorin, he stated this.

“Unlike the ward congress, which included all party members, the local congress was not an open house,” Samari explained. Only accredited delegates, including elected statutory delegates, were permitted to vote.”

According to him, the party’s constitution requires the provision of delegates’ lists to the Independent National Electoral Commission and the police prior to the start of voting at the local government congress venue for a lawful congress to take place.
To be called a lawful congress, he added, the exercise must be conducted by accredited party officials and monitored by the INEC.

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“This is exactly how we conducted ourselves as a group. Any group of people who claim to be carrying out anything contrary to this in Kwara State or elsewhere are a bunch of clowns who should never be taken seriously.

“We are glad that our party’s national secretariat has also stated this clearly, especially in light of some false reports about the congress. The rules and guidelines for the party are very clear. The consequences for anyone who disobeys the guidelines, thereby exposing the party to ridicule for their own self-serving agenda, are also very clear, and we are grateful that the party’s national secretariat has also spoken on the subject.”