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The Oyo APC Local Government Congress scheduled for Saturday, May 12, has been shifted to Sunday, May 13.
Head of the APC Congress Committee, Musa Halilu-Ahmed, made the disclosure during a news conference held at the party secretariat in Ibadan on Friday evening.
Before the shift, the congress had coincided with the local government election earlier scheduled to hold same day.
Halilu-Ahmed said at the briefing that the committee received letters requesting for the shift of the congress to Sunday from the State Executives of the APC.
“The party in the state requested for the shift because of the council poll, which it said most of their members have to participate actively.
“The party had stated in the letter that most of the members who will participate in the congress would also participate in the elections.”
He said that the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Abiodun Odude had also written that either of the two programmes be shifted to allow adequate security.
The congress committee chairman said that Odude had requested that the police would not have enough manpower to monitor the two exercises at the same time.
Hallilu-Ahmed stated that the committee after consultation with all stakeholders agreed to shift the congress to Sunday.
He said that the forms were available for intending aspirants in the congress to pick up, adding the committee would be available at the state party secretariat.
The committee chairman said that the elective congress would be held at the party secretariat of the 33 local governments in the state.