Breaking: Two Parallel APC Offices Emerge In Plateau As Party Members Disagree Over Consensus

Yakubu Busari

The Plateau State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has disintegrated into two factions ahead of Saturday scheduled Congress as aggrieved members of the party two formed parallel offices with one led by Lalong at Aware wah complex in Miango Junction and the other led by Hon Nanman Maimagani Zhattau sited at Angwan Rogo of Jos North LGA.

The APC which congress was arranged to hold at the crest hotel at about 10 is was rescheduled back to 4 pm for more consultation with stakeholders.

Our medium was at the crest hotel earlier around 9:45 am to witness the arrival of party faithful and loyalists but the situation spelled bad as aggrieved members were sighted waiting patiently for the national working committee to be an issue with their nomination forms.

Speaking to some aspirants who are contesting for the post of Secretary, Hon Nanman Maimagani Zhattau and that of the Treasurer, Hon Garba Pankwal, and that of the Publicity Secretary, Hon Dakom Williams Danjuma they all expressed dissatisfaction with the manner the conduct of kangaroo arrangement reached without them even when they purchased nomination forms ready to go into the contest.

According to them, by virtue of the APC guidelines for the conduct of convention the sale of nomination forms to all aspirants ended on the 11th of October, 2021 but here in Plateau State, the party failed to meet up the requirement demand.

They stated further that the conduct of primaries was breached by the party executive on arrival.

Nanman disclosed that the following personalities bought the party nominations form, they include, Rt . Hon. Peter Ajang Azi, Rt.Hon.Isa Chungwomson, Rt.Hon.  Joshua Madaki, Hon. Sam Para, Hon Rufus Bature, Hon Aliyu Mohammed for chairmanship aspirants for the Plateau State seat but they alleged the party jettisoned the system for their selfish reason.

They alleged that without proper consultation with stakeholders of APC they are all unopposed as Secretary, Treasurer, and PRO respectively, and they don’t know where the forms are neither did they see where the forms are sold to intending aspirants.

He restated that any contrary view from the party guidelines shall be resisted vehemently, they described the exercise as null and void that the conduct of kangaroo consensus candidates arranged by the party had woefully failed and is dead on arrival.

“We have been waiting here to see the committee to register our displeasure, but very sad that nobody is here to attend to us,” they said.

“We are the founders of APC, so we won’t allow anyone to come and hijacked the system and dislodge the real founders, what we are saying now is that no aspirants were invited or consulted before such decision was  taken.”

He explained further that about 9 local governments didn’t conduct their wards and LG congress, so the entire exercise is total complete destruction of the APC guidelines which we have forwarded our complaint to the national working committee to wade into the party conflict in Plateau state.

They expressed dismay that the party Extra Ordinary working committee chairman Mai- Buni could not follow the APC guidelines, but worked closely with the governors who have already destroyed the party at the state level.

He restated that any contrary view from the party guidelines shall be resisted vehemently as he described the exercise as null and void; adding that that the conduct of kangaroo consensus candidates arranged by the party had woefully failed and is dead on arrival.