We want Oyegun - APC chairman in 36 states declare

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- The state chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) insist that John Odigie-Oyegun's National Executive Committee (NEC) must remain

- The state chairmen accuse the PDP and the third force of sponsoring court cases against the APC to destabilise it

- The chairmen argue that the decision is not because of Oyegun but for the party

The forum of state chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday, March 19, declared as irreversible the decision of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party to extend the tenure of its officers.

The chairmen accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the third force of sponsoring court cases to destabilise APC, under the guise of challenging the tenure extension of its national and state officers.

Daily Trust reports that while speaking in Enugu, Ben Nwoye, the secretary of the forum, said the decision to elongate the tenure of the executives was unanimous and taken in order not to harm the party and the country.

“The attention of the forum of APC chairmen has been drawn to the noise/sound bites in the media by some people, being critical of the decision of the NEC to extend the tenure of the national and state executives of APC.

“Prior to the NEC, the forum of chairmen met and agreed on tenure extension. We agreed that since this is election year, it will harm the party and the country if we allow the party to go into congresses within the year we are going into national election.

“Thirty-three of the state chairmen in the meeting signed and recommended the extension. This is bearing in mind that other people are aware of the crisis going on in our party.

“The entire NEC passed a vote of confidence on the president, the national chairman, the national leader and the reconciliation committee. It was resolved that anybody that has grouse should submit it to the national reconciliation committee led by the national leader, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu.

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“In line with the resolution of NEC, relying on the provision of the constitution and in the interest of the party, to stabilise the party, a motion was passed for the extension of the tenure of the executives for one year, a year short of the two years recommended by the forum of chairmen.

“It was not done for Oyegun. It was done to strengthen the party. Any state chairman making claims against the NEC decision is not saying the truth,” he said.

NAIJ.com earlier reported that John Odigie-Oyegun declared on Monday, March 19, that the forthcoming governorship election in Ekiti is a ‘must-win’ for his party as he visited the state.

Oyegun, who was in the state on membership drive, reportedly addressed leaders and members of the party in the state at an interactive forum emphasizing that the party would deploy every available resource to win the election which holds on July 14.

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