Worries as APC convention may be postponed

More crises have greeted the camp of the ruling All Progressives Congress as indications emerged that the national convention of the party may be postponed due to the fact that the national committee set up to resolve crises across all states are yet to fulfill its assignment.

According to findings by our correspondent, the committee which had failed in its responsibility is requesting more time with a postponement of the national convention that was scheduled for February 26, 2022.

The reconciliation committee led by Senator Abdullahi Adamu has demanded an additional one week to attend to petitions submitted before its panel by aggrieved members of the party.

But some APC governors who are not in support of such a move said the demand of the committee would not be honoured as it was suspected to be a tactic to ensure the convention’s date is postponed in favour of some stalwarts in the party.

Meanwhile, based on the APC’s timetable, the Adamu-led committee was expected to submit its report on Monday (January 30), for the party to adopt it on Tuesday and then go ahead to inaugurate legitimate state executives on Thursday.

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The party is expected to commence the sale of forms to all aspirants vying for national offices on February 14, 2022, while all accompanying documents must be completed on or before February 19, 2022. Sub-committees would be unveiled on February 19, 2022, while screening of all aspirants vying for national offices would hold between February 20 and 22, 2022 to be followed by screening appeals to hear and resolve complaints arising from the screening exercise on February 23, 2022.

 The accreditation of all statutory and elected delegates to the national convention will be conducted between February 24 and 25, 2022 ahead of the February 26 date of the convention.

But as it stands, the party is not in any way near the convention preparation as the committee led by Senator Adamu had failed and this may lead to a shift in the date of the convention.

According to Adamu, “In all as of yesterday (Sunday), we had received 47 petitions, and you may wish to know that even this morning, people were waiting for us to submit their petitions. We had promised Nigerians that we would do justice as humanly possible to everybody who is aggrieved through fair hearing, and this is what we are doing.

“We had to come today to submit this interim because we are acting as boys’ scouts. A good scout obeys before complaints. So, we have been asked as of this morning to submit the report. We have submitted our interim report. As we said when presenting the report, there is still work to be done. Reconciliation is a work in progress. And we cannot pretend that we have taken care of every little thing that has come before us, but by the time the final report is ready, we will be able to give you the actual report.

“As of today, we still have petitions coming in. People are still trooping in to come and see us, and we cannot, in all fairness, stop them. Reconciliation is a work in progress. Nobody will tell you that political conflicts are based on ego in some cases, sometimes perception; none of us has control over that. Nobody has. So, we cannot stop them from bringing their petitions, but the first ones we get, we will do what we can to recommend to the party.”

He said the report would be submitted to Governor Mai Mala Buni-led APC caretaker committee who may sanction members perceived to have breached the party’s law.