{"id":128528,"date":"2024-08-21T11:33:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T10:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ogun-apc-bans-unauthorized-meetings-ahead-of-lg-polls"},"modified":"2024-08-21T13:01:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T12:01:21","slug":"ogun-apc-bans-unauthorized-meetings-ahead-of-lg-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ogun-apc-bans-unauthorized-meetings-ahead-of-lg-polls","title":{"rendered":"Ogun APC bans unauthorized meetings ahead of LG polls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Ogun State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has banned sectional and unauthorized meetings within the party by aspirants or their allies ahead of the November 16 Local Government elections in the state.<\/p>\n

The state party chairman, Yemi Sanusi, gave this order in a statement on Tuesday in Abeokuta.<\/p>\n

He said unless and until the party announces or calls for meetings, any person organizing or attending meetings concerning the forthcoming elections does so at his own peril.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe party will exercise the full wrath of its disciplinary powers to punish any parallel or unauthorised meetings that undermine our strategy for the elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe party is also aware of its power to screen out any aspirant who does not conform to the party and its ideals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The state Executive Committee observed that certain persons have been calling for meetings of potential aspirants ahead of the Local Government Elections in Ogun.<\/p>\n

\u201dElections are an organised and regulated civic activity, with political parties as frontline regulators of the process.<\/p>\n

\u201dThe Nigerian electoral law does not permit independent candidates, so in the coming Local Government elections, APC will be the contestant, not any individual candidate regardless of that candidate\u2019s perceived political status,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

According to him, the Party has absolute control over how it will prepare for the elections, adding that while they respect the right of party members to meet freely, the overall interest of the party outranks any individual interest.<\/p>\n

\u201dAs such, all preparation for the forthcoming Local Government elections must be uniform and organised, under the direction of the party\u2019s formal leadership in the state and in line with the party constitution, only the party chairman or a person designated by him, can call such meetings, not aspirants or their allies,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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