The All Progressives Congress, APC has restated the National Working Committee (NWC) decision to expel the erstwhile Ishola Balogun Fulani-led All Progressives Congress (APC) Executive in Kwara State.
This is in coming on the heels of the quashing of the election of Mr Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq as the flagbearer of the party by a High Court sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday.
Justice T.S Umar who presided over the case nullified the Bashiru Omolaja Bolarinwa led executive council of the All Progressive Congress, (APC), in Kwara State and thereby nullified Abdulrazaq candidature.
The Judge recognised the Hon. Ishola Balogun-Fulani’s led execuitve council and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), to recognize the Hon. Ishola Balogun-Fulani faction candidate and Kayode Omotose as the governorship candidate of APC in the state.
In its reaction, the party said the decision to expel Ishola Balogun Fulani and others is well within the powers of the NWC which investigated and deliberated on the anti-party activities of the sacked state executive.
It added that “it is important to note that direct primaries were used to elect party candidates for Kwara State, hence State executives had no role to play in the primaries. Only candidates that emerged from the direct primary exercise conducted by the NWC inaugurated committee was submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). These candidates remain the authentic flagbearers of APC.”
