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General News of Wednesday, 4 November 2020

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APC says it has resolved factional crisis in nine states

The Mai Mala Buni-led caretaker committee says it is focused on resolving disputes in the APC The Mai Mala Buni-led caretaker committee says it is focused on resolving disputes in the APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday, November 3, disclosed that internal disputes among party members in nine states have been resolved.

According to the caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the APC, the disputes were resolved in Bauchi, Cross River, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Zamfara, Ondo and Oyo states.

The party made the disclosure after its mid-term assessment meeting which held at the national secretariat in Abuja, The Nation reported.

The meeting was reportedly presided over by the chairman, Yobe state governor, Mai Mala Buni.

Yekini Nabena, the national spokesperson for the party said the on-going registration and revalidation of the membership register were also reviewed at the meeting.

He said:

”Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) met on Tuesday at the party’s National Secretariat and reviewed the implementation of the CECPC’s three (3) months action plan.“Yhe CECPC has substantially reconciled various factions in some affected states, viz: Bauchi, Bayelsa, Cross River, Edo, , Ekiti, Enugu, Zamfara, Ondo, Oyo states.”But some top party members in some states dismissed the claims that the APC had resolved factional disputes within its ranks.

Senator Babafemi Ojudu, a presidential aide, who disagreed with the claim pointed out that the conflicts in the Ekiti state APC had not yet been resolved.

In another news, the APC has stated that it has not yet decided which region it will zone its presidential ticket to in 2023.

Chairman of the party's national caretaker committee, Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state, made this known during an interview with the Saturday Sun.

He said the party just scaled through the whirlpool of another leadership crisis and is rebuilding and reconciling aggrieved members.