APC Summons Lai Mohammed Over Parallel Secretariat In Kwara

The Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee
(CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has summoned the
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, over a
parallel state secretariat the minister opened in Ilorin, the Kwara
State capital.

The National Secretariat sent two letters to the minister
inviting him to come and explain why disciplinary measures should
not be taken against him for the action.

The state headquarters of the party is located in the Tanke
area; the minister’s faction recently unveiled its secretariat at
GRA, Ilorin.

This is coming on the heels of a threat by the State Caretaker
Committee Chairman, Alhaji Samari Abubakar, to sanction the
minister for anti-party activities.

Abubakar told reporters in Abuja yesterday that the party may
sanction the minister in line with its constitution.

A source at the Secretariat told our correspondent said the
party has received a report of anti-party activities against the
minister.

“I know that Lai Mohammed has been summoned. The Caretaker
Committee sent him two letters asking him to explain the rationale
behind a factional party secretariat he opened in Kwara,” the
source said

The party’s National Secretary John James Akpanudoedehe said he
could not deny or confirm the invitation to Muhammed but added that
APC leadership would not tolerate anyone who tries to divide the
party at any level.

Akpanudoehede said the Committee was committed to ensuring peace
at all levels of the party, hence “the need to invite the Minister
to interface with a committee”.

“The Minister is an elder and we shall accord him the much
respect and the party will not allow anything to put him to
disrepute. The party on another hand will no allow anybody to
violate its constitution,” the Secretary stated.

The Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee
(CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has summoned the
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, over a
parallel state secretariat the minister opened in Ilorin, the Kwara
State capital.

The National Secretariat sent two letters to the minister
inviting him to come and explain why disciplinary measures should
not be taken against him for the action.

The state headquarters of the party is located in the Tanke
area; the minister’s faction recently unveiled its secretariat at
GRA, Ilorin.

This is coming on the heels of a threat by the State Caretaker
Committee Chairman, Alhaji Samari Abubakar, to sanction the
minister for anti-party activities.

Abubakar told reporters in Abuja yesterday that the party may
sanction the minister in line with its constitution.

A source at the Secretariat told our correspondent said the
party has received a report of anti-party activities against the
minister.

“I know that Lai Mohammed has been summoned. The Caretaker
Committee sent him two letters asking him to explain the rationale
behind a factional party secretariat he opened in Kwara,” the
source said

The party’s National Secretary John James Akpanudoedehe said he
could not deny or confirm the invitation to Muhammed but added that
APC leadership would not tolerate anyone who tries to divide the
party at any level.

Akpanudoehede said the Committee was committed to ensuring peace
at all levels of the party, hence “the need to invite the Minister
to interface with a committee”.

“The Minister is an elder and we shall accord him the much
respect and the party will not allow anything to put him to
disrepute. The party on another hand will no allow anybody to
violate its constitution,” the Secretary stated.