Crisis May Soon Hit Plateau APC Over Fallout Of Party Congress As Party Stalwarts Accuse Latep Dabang Leadership Of Doctoring Delegates List
Yakubu Busari
The just concluded All Progressive Congress (APC) Plateau State Congresses has been described as one that is marred with flaws and irregularities. As gathered some party stalwart has condemned the recently concluded party congress in the stated as they said the effect of this will soon snowballed into a deep crisis that will soon hit the party following none compliance to due process of election of delegates for national convention.
According to them, they also accused the Chairman of the party in the state Hon. Latep Dabang of allegedly doctoring the list of delegates for the party congress.
The stalwarts accused state chapter chairman of hand picking those that are loyal to him to serve as delegates.
Speaking further they hinted that the impunity that is in the APC is worse than the PDP because now the grassroots support is completely disconnected.
They lamented that the problem associated with the current imposition of candidates for national convention delegates which generating into full blown failure of the party in the state.
He disclosed that the supporters of APC in Plateau state we are not aware of the national Secretariat present to monitor the election of delegates.
The party chieftains complained bitterly that they are total strangers within the APC due the level of fragmented division anchored by few groups that were given appointments that are not even interested in Governor Simon Bako Lalong coming back in 2019.
However, universalreporters247.com gathered from reliable source that the 29th July, 2017 state congress which supposed to be used to elect credible APC supporters with nomination from the party stalwarts witnessed monumental frauds.
According to the source, the venue for the proposed primaries was not made known to the general public including the media who were sidelined owning to plot by political party bigwigs in order for them to doctor the choice of their favoured members.
Universalreporters247.com efforts to speak with the appropriate APC leadership proved abortive as the party Secretariat is said to be deserted.
When this medium spoke to some of the party stalwarts in Langtang north they affirmed that the names of those that were there were those persons they don’t know from anywhere.
Lamenting further they said, the even the choice of civil servants as management committee Chairman was faulted by many people because those who were appointed didn’t know the challenges of people at wards level.
