Gbeleyi Abayomi
The newly appointed caretaker chairman of the All Progressive Congress, and Yobe State Governor, Mala Buni, has pledged to ensure ‘true’ reconciliation of members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Mr Buni made this remark at the inauguration of the 13-member caretaker/extra-ordinary convention committee at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Monday.
Mr Buni emerged as the chairman of the caretaker committee chairman following the dissolution of the Adams Oshiomhole led NWC by NEC on Thursday, when the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the party was held at the Presidential Villa.
The newly inaugurated caretaker committee, has the task of organising a National Convention to elect a new leadership of the APC within six months, the committee was also asked to reconcile party members whose disputes led to the protracted leadership crisis.
Mr Buni admitted to duels among party leaders in the past weeks but said such is not strange in a big political party.
“What happened to us as a party in the last few months is not totally strange in a big political party such as the All Progressives Congress (APC). Internal disagreements are common in all political parties, so ours is not an exception.
“It is time for this committee, therefore, to commence the process of true reconciliation among leaders and members of the party at all levels. It is our belief that the decision by NEC to constitute this committee will mark the beginning of a new chapter in our great party,” the Yobe governor said as he solicited party members’ corporation with the committee in its assignment.
The inauguration of the caretaker committee attracted a large crowd of party members and journalists to the secretariat in Wuse II area of Abuja. The committee has six months to wind up on its assignment at the end of which a new National Working Committee would be elected at the party’s special National Convention
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