BEVERLY HILLS, March 29, (THEWILL) – Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Akwa ibom State chapter have frowned at some leaders of the party allegedly hibernating with the ruling People’s Democratic Party “in the night but claim APC in the day.”
The party chieftains who rose from a meeting in Uyo, the state capital condemned the divisive tendencies of some party leaders in the state saying that apart from being anti-party their action could lead to confusion for members.
In a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting and endorsed by the former Military Administrator of Ogun and Rivers State respectively and a national caucus member of the party, Group Capt Sam Ewang (retd), the party stakeholders called on the leadership of the party to work towards the advancement of the party.
According to the communiqué, “The meeting condemned the divisive gathering of factions within the party and resolved to call on all factional leaders to bury their individual interests and come under a united APC in Akwa Ibom State.
“The meeting condemned actions by some persons in leadership positions of the party who work with other political parties in the state and are currently romancing the People’s Democratic Party, thereby engaging in anti-party activities and causing confusion among members.”
The meeting further affirmed the Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, as the leader of the party in the state.
It said: “The meeting settled the issue of who is the leader of the party in Akwa Ibom State, recognised and affirmed that the Honourable Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, is the Leader of the All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom State.”
The meeting also assessed the current registration and revalidation exercises across the state, noting that the presence of imbalance in the distribution of materials and low turnout of members because of undue interference by some factions and groups within the Party.
It also resolved to send a 10 man delegation to the National Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the Party, His Excellency, Mai Mala Buni, with a view to reporting and finding solutions to the poorly coordinated registration and revalidation exercise in the state.
It however commended Akpabio, for the giant strides he recorded in the ministry through numerous infrastructural developments, especially the ongoing construction of the East-West road and the recent completion of the headquarters complex of the Niger Delta Development Commission.
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