Kwara APC prepares for Anticipated Saraki Exit

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, (Photo Credit: NAN)

As they antecedent the inevitable exit of Senate President Bukola Saraki and Governor Abdulfattah Ahmed to the Opposition party, the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kwara State has brace itself to change and its ready to reset itself.

In a meeting at the country home of the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in Oro, stakeholders in the APC in the state called for dissolution of the state’s Party Executive Committee led by Alhaji Balogun Fulani and the conduct of fresh congresses.

According to the minister, the stakeholder resolve to conduct fresh congresses at all levels would include all Kwara APC members and those who are just coming into the party.

The minister said that the stakeholders also resolved “that all those who got appointments by deceit, hiding under the facade of being party men and women, should immediately resign such appointments or be fired”.

He said the resignations would enable the genuine members of APC to reap where they had sown.

“We also resolved that the recent gale of defections has now put the APC in a position of true majority in the National Assembly, as those who remain are the ones who are truly committed to the ideals of our great Party

“That all members and supporters of our great party restate their unflinching support for President Muhammadu Buhari and assure him of a harvest of votes from Kwara State in the 2019 General Elections.

“That all members should remain calm because there is no cause for alarm,” he said.

Mohammed  said that the party’s national executive have gave him the go ahead to conduct consultative meetings with the major stakeholders of APC in Kwara.

He expressed appreciation “to hundreds of supporters who since the announcement of defections have encouraged us via text messages, telephone calls personal visits, that there is no cause for alarm in Kwara”.

He added that the state would continue to support the APC and President Muhammadu Buhari despite the the defections in the state.

The factional Chairman of APC, Moshood Bolarinwa, the Secretary, Ganiyu Saka and other key members of the party were also at the meeting.

The minister told the supporters, in their thousands, that the defection of the lawmakers in the National Assembly had exposed the faces of traitors in the party fold.

“Today is a special day. God has answered our prayers by exposing our political traitors.

“God has removed stones from our rice and sands in our cassava flakes,” Mohammed who addressed the rally in Yoruba language said.

The Minister assured that the defection of some of the members from the party was an opportunity for the party to be reposition, adding that the defection would have no significant negative effect on the party.

“We are here today to assure that it is a new dispensation in Kwara APC politics. We are at home today to assure you that the party will be reorganised and repositioned.

“By exposing the enemies and traitors in our fold, God has given us the opportunities that we have been looking for to reposition our party .

“These are people who had never given us peace and progress.

“Today, by the Grace of God and with your support, APC will wax stronger in Kwara. What is in the offing is a mega party,” he said.

The minister appealed to the members and party supporters to give new entrants a chance.