“As a matter of fact, we doubt that these individuals parading as leaders of the so-called faction are actual members of our Party. We are currently investigating their true membership status within the party," Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, National Publicity Secretary of the APC, said.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed serious doubts that those who converged on Abuja on Wednesday to announce the formation of the Renewed All Progressives (R-APC) are actually members of the ruling party.
On Wednesday, President Muhammadu Buhari’s former ally Buba Galadima, former National Secretary of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), led some members of the APC to form a faction named as the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC), on the argument that the ruling party has been “a monumental disaster, worse than the government it replaced” — that of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The APC has now dismissed the group, saying it is “currently investigating their true membership status within the party”.
“On Wednesday July 4, 2018, a group of individuals announced itself as ‘Reformed All Progressives Congress (APC)’ at a press conference held in Abuja. By their actions, this group has attempted to create the impression that our Party is factionalised. This is not true,” read a statement by Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, National Publicity Secretary of the party.
“The All Progressives Congress (APC) wishes to affirm that there is no faction in our party and declares the action by these individuals as mischievous and ill-advised.
“Having failed to scuttle the National Convention as was their original plan, they now resort to this subterfuge as a way of achieving the pre-determined end of causing confusion.
“As a matter of fact, we doubt that these individuals parading as leaders of the so-called faction are actual members of our Party. We are currently investigating their true membership status within the party.
“While we shall continue to monitor developments in this respect, we will not hesitate to take lawful actions to defend the unity of our party and protect the sanctity of its identity. We are currently reviewing the action of this so-called faction in order to determine if any aspect of the party’s constitution has been breached with the connivance of any of our members.
“For those members who have genuine grievances, we want to assure them of the commitment of the new leadership of the party to address those grievances as quickly as possible in a manner that ensures that justice is done to all.”