By Sadiq Abubakar, Abuja.
The minister of state for FCT, Hajiya Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has expressed concern over court litigation by some chairmanship aspirants over the Apirl, 23, 2021 chairmanship primary elections.
Aliyu, who was speaking at the FCT APC stakeholders meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, said despite she had met with the aggrieved aspirants to shed their swords and support the chairmansship candidates, some of them still went ahead to file litigation to challenge paramount decision of the national secretariat of the APC.
According to her, She respect the right of every individual to seek redress wherever such person felt aggrieved, but she also respect the decision of APC because the party is supreme.
She maintained that any aggrieved aspirant has every constitutional right to take the party to court, saying the party also has its own constitutional right to invoke some certain sections of the party to either suspend or expel such aspirant for taking the party to court.
“In fact, I went as far as offering appointments to the aggrieved chairmanship aspirants, yet they will went ahead to file a litigation before the court to challenge national secretariat of the APC,” she said.
The minister, thefore, appealed to the party’s stakeholders to beg all aggrived aspirants on the need to withdraw their suits before the court for the success of APC.
Also speaking, the chairman of APC in the FCT, Alhaji Abdulmalik Usman, said no individual can be hundred percent in terms of politics, saying the decision taken in the last primaries was based on the outcome of the committee put in place by the national secretariat of the party.
He, therefore, appreciated the party stakeholders for coming together to sit and chat a way forward that will ensure the unity of the party across the FCT.
Global Times Nigeria learnt that the chairmanship candidates for AMAC and Abaji area councils, Alhaji Suleiman Hassan Gwagwa and Alhaji Mohammed Angulu Loko, has filed suits before a high court to challenge the national secretariat of APC over their unlawful substitution after they emerged winners of the April, 23 2021 chairmanship primaries.