More Troubles For APC As Members Drag Party To Court, Insist Party Must Do This

More problems for the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) as aggrieved party members insist on seeking redress in court rendering reconciliation moves by the party futile. 

This is despite the intervention of the peace and reconciliation committees constituted by the party and dispatched to the six geopolitical zones of the country.

According to reports, the disgruntled party members are also demanding for a refund of fees they paid for the purchase of nomination forms.

A source close to the committees said the aggrieved aspirants are asking for some form of compensation from the committee as a prerequisite to their loyalty to the party ahead of the forthcoming general elections.

The source, however, noted that the committees are not predisposed to the demand for compensation since it is was not within the scope of their mandate.

“Only the leadership of the party can guarantee any form of compensation because this was not part of the terms of reference of the committees,” he noted.

Speaking on issues that would militate against total attainment of peace within the party, deputy national publicity secretary of the APC, Yekini Nabena, has stressed that the NWC must find a way of compensating aspirants who lost out in the contest and that true reconciliation must be sought and achieved in time before the 2019 general elections.

His words: “In this reconciliation, what are you giving? There is no doubt that people are aggrieved, but the good thing about APC is that there are people who love the party and the president genuinely. But there are people act purely for their selfish interest. For those who are acting on selfish interest, what do you want to give to them in the process of this reconciliation?

“You must have something to give to the next person for him to fall in line. But if you have nothing to offer him, what do you expect? So, when you set up peace and reconciliation committee, you must make sure that you achieve results. If I wanted to be a senatorial candidate and I did not get that, I would be looking out for whatever you want to offer me.

“The committees must have a package for such people from the party or the national chairman. Look at what is happening in Rivers state right now. We have some people that genuinely believe in the party and the president but right now, they have gone to other parties but are still working for the president.”