APC Congress: Appeal panel commences sitting in Kano

By Muhammad Muhammad. A National committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) hearing appeal on the October 16th state Congress has opened sitting in Kano.

The five member panel which declared her inaugural sitting open at the state secretariat on Saturday unveiled the truth of their assignment for the next four days in Kano.

Addressing a press conference at the Maiduguri road party headquarters, leader of the panel, Dr. Tony Macfoy said the committee was deployed to receive complaints, petitions and appeals from aggrieved members rising from the state Congress.

Solacebase reports that leader of the panel was however quick to clarify that only matters and concerns emanating from the congress held at Sani Abacha Indoor Sport Hall would be entertained.

According to him, “We are here on behalf of the National chairman APC caretaker and extra ordinary convention committee Governor Mai Mala Buni to hear appeals, petitions, complaints regarding last state Congress election held 16th October.

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” The panel was inaugurated in Abuja on 21st and we arrived Kano yesterday. We shall be here for three days while we receive the appeals. Let me say we would be guided by the APC constitution and guidelines and only those who partake in the election would be recognized.

” We would be opened between 10am to 4pm for reception of the petitions and Complaints there after we would compile our reports and file the out to the National headquarters. We hope members will conduct themselves in the usual brotherly manner”.

The October 16th state congress in Kano was riddled in confusion, drama and crisis, a development that led to parallel congress where factional leadership led by Alh. Ahmadu Haruna Danzago emerged.

The parallel congress backed by Former Governor and Senator representing Kano central, Mal. Ibrahim Shekarau, Senator representing Kano North, Sen. Barau Jibril and some members of house of representatives from Kano, was held along Janguza military barracks amidst security threat.

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Although, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje had declared any other congress held outside the Sani Abacha Indoor Sport Hall, that produced Abdullahi Abbas as illegal, Senator Shekarau has vowed to remain solidly behind the Danzago factional party leadership in the state.