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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denounced the refusal of Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly to swear in the 16 members of the party adjudged by the Court of Appeal as the duly elected lawmakers.
A statement made available to newsmen at the end of the 141st meeting of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) by its National Publicity Secretary, Barr Felix Morka, on Tuesday, said the intransigence of the Speaker and Plateau State Governor in the matter is “wrong, undemocratic and violently contemptuous of the authority of the Court of Appeal, the highest court for the determination of election petition matters as it concerns the House of Assembly.”
“The NWC urges the Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly to swear in the members without further delay in the interest of peace in the good State of Plateau,” he said.
Morka also revealed that the NWC has also resolved to flag off the update of members register nationally in Niger State, adding that the flag off will then be carried out in one state in each of the other geo-political zones.
He further explained that the NWC adopted in entirety the report of its high level reconciliation and intervention delegation to the United Kingdom’s APC diaspora chapter.
“In particular, the NWC approved the constitution of an Interim Executive Committee of the Chapter of 24 members to be led by its Chairman, Hon. Tunde Doherty and Secretary, Hon. Joseph Adebola. The Interim Executive Committee shall have a term of three months, which term may be renewed as may be necessary,” the statement added.