The court recognised Ishola Balogun-Fulani led executive committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state on Friday said the National Working Committee (NWC) had not expelled he and his exco from the party.
Balogun-Fulani, told reporters in Ilorin, the state capital, that none of them was ever queried by the NWC let to warrant the execution of disciplinary action against them.
Spokesperson of the APC, Lanre Isa-Onilu had in the wake of the court decision declared the judgement was of no effect since the Balogun-Fulani executive committee had been expelled allegedly for anti-party activities.
He used the occasion to announce the composition of a Campaign Council for factional governorship candidate Kayode AbdulWahab.
But the Kwara APC chairman insisted the midweek judgment directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise his executive committee and accept the list of candidates submitted by his group for the 2019 general elections.
Balogun- Fulani also announced the constitution of a reconciliation committee to work on aggrieved party members, saying he will inaugurate the committee early next week so that its members can start work in earnest.
But Balogun-Fulani described Issa- Onilu’s position as false, saying since the APC spokesman was not on board during the initial crisis he had little authentic information to comment on.
He added: “We read online and on social media that Kwara State APC Executive led by Balogun-Fulani has been expelled.
“We make bold to say that Lanre Issa Onilu is lying because the APC constitution spelt out the procedure for discipline under Section 21b.
“Up till date no letter, query on compliance has been made against me or any of the executive members under my leadership.
“We have been in court since July 2018 where a court of competent jurisdiction has given an injunction on the party’s national chairman that status quo be maintaining until determination of the main case.
“Therefore no any action can be taken outside that order. For emphasis, no letter or query has ever been received from the party’s national headquarters as regards to the activities of Kwara state APC executive committee or any of her members in accordance with Article 21b of APC Constitution.”
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