• Disputes seeking another six-month extension
Gboyega Akinsanmi and Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja
The decision of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to constitute an eight-man committee to review the party’s constitution has stoked a fresh crisis in the rank of its national leaders, THISDAY has learnt.
While a wing of its national leadership accused some governors elected on the platform of pushing the APC into constitutional crisis, others argued that the decision was a ploy by the caretaker committee to seek a fresh six-month extension.
Multiple sources expressed concerns over the eight-man constitution review committee yesterday, noting that the CECPC absolutely lacked power to review the constitution of the party,
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Convention: APC sets up constitution review committee
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By Omeiza Ajayi
Four years after a failed attempt to review its constitution, the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has set up an eight-member committee headed by Prof. Tahir Mamman SAN, to review its laws ahead of its National Convention slated for later this year.
The then Chief John Odigie-Oyegun led APC had in January 2017 set up a constitution review committee.
The 10-member committee headed by the then National Legal Adviser, Dr Muiz Banire in July of that year submitted its report containing 85 proposed amendments which the party never implemented.
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has inaugurated a constitution review committee to amend grey areas in its constitution ahead of its national convention expected to hold in June this year. Daily Trust gathered from impeccable sources that the amended constitution would be presented and ratified at the convention which is the highest decision-making organ […]
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Four years after a failed attempt to review its constitution, the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has set up an eight-member committee headed by Prof. Tahir Mamman SAN, to review its laws ahead of its National Convention slated for later this year.