Oyo APC Congress Conducted With My Approval -Committee Chair, Gambo Lawan By Kunle Bakare

Chairman of the Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) committee, Gambo Lawan has said Saturday’s state party congress was conducted with the approval of all the APC committee members.

Lawan made this disclosure while speaking with journalists on Monday.

First Weekly recalls that the state APC congress was conducted on Saturday at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, Oke-Ado Ibadan.

The congress was conducted and supervised by the secretary of the committee, Mr. Abdullahi Bello and other members of the committee as the chairman was not allowed to leave his hotel room on Saturday.

Our correspondent gathered that hoodlums laid siege on the road on Saturday, forcing Lawan to mandate Bello and other members of the committee to conduct the congress.

Following the congress, party men who were not comfortable with the development claimed those who conducted the congress were not authentic members of the committee.

The aggrieved members insisted that the committee only consisted of Gambo Lawan as the Chairman, Abdullahi Bello as the Secretary, Raphel Igbokwe, Hon Diran Natan, Mrs Peace Chikelu, Hon. Edun Olanrewaju and Abubakar Umar Abdullah and some other persons.

But, the chairman of the committee, Gambo Lawan, while speaking with journalists on Monday, explained that the list of the committee members was signed by the Secretary, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Senator John James Akpanudoeduhe, which was obtained by First Weekly.

Lawan insisted that the list written on the party’s letterhead paper and signed by Akpanudoeduhe is the authentic list.

He noted that the list has him as Chairman, Abdullahi Bello as Secretary, Hon Isiaka Ibrahim, Audu Ajanaku, Zubar Amoka, Chikelue Peace and Abubakar Abdullahi as members.

Lawan said those alleging that the committee’s list was forged were unknown to him.

He maintained that those who were with the Secretary, Abdullahi Bello during the Congress were those in the authentic list of Senator Akpanudoeduhe.

He maintained that some people were determined to discredit the Congress personally monitored by the Oyo State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Barrister Mutiu Agboke.