Some aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from wards in different Local Government Areas of the state on Saturday stormed the party’s state secretariat, demanding cancellation of congresses in some areas.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the members, from Ikeja, Ojodu, Ifako Ijaiye, Agege and Onigbongbo among others, demanded for fresh congresses in their areas.
They came separately in chartered vehicles to the APC secretariat, chanting songs and displaying placards.
Some of the placards read, “No more rigging,” “Say no to manipulation and” “We demand free and fair congress,” among others.
Mr Adesanya Oluwaseyi, the APC Youth Leader, Ward D, Ikeja, who was wounded, bled as he led the protest, and alleged that he and other members of his ward that sustained injuries were beaten up by some thugs.
Oluwaseyi told NAN that they sustained the injuries when they tried to stop an order by a leader of the party in the area that the congress should hold without accreditation.
“This is contrary to the stipulations for the congress. All members were to be accredited before congress, that way, non members will be detected,” he said.
Also speaking with NAN, the leader of the protest by Ward D members of the APC in Ojodu Local Council Development Area, Mr Wale Larinde, said they wanted a fresh congress in the ward.
Some of the placards read, “No more rigging,” “Say no to manipulation and” “We demand free and fair congress,” among others.
Mr Adesanya Oluwaseyi, the APC Youth Leader, Ward D, Ikeja, who was wounded, bled as he led the protest, and alleged that he and other members of his ward that sustained injuries were beaten up by some thugs.
Oluwaseyi told NAN that they sustained the injuries when they tried to stop an order by a leader of the party in the area that the congress should hold without accreditation.
“This is contrary to the stipulations for the congress. All members were to be accredited before congress, that way, non members will be detected,” he said.
Also speaking with NAN, the leader of the protest by Ward D members of the APC in Ojodu Local Council Development Area, Mr Wale Larinde, said they wanted a fresh congress in the ward.
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