The Kwara state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially dissolved its Executive Committee and quickly constructed a caretaker committee to the affairs of the party in the meantime.
A statement by the party in Ilorin, the state capital, said that the National Working Committee NWC) endorsed the dissolution at its meeting of 30th July 2018 after examining the unfolding developments within the Party in the State, “specifically the irregularities that characterized the conduct and outcome of the Congresses that produced the leadership of the Party at all levels (Ward, Local Government, and State).
“The Committee also reviewed the actions of some leaders of the Party that emerged from the above Congress who participated in an open rally calling on the Senate President to decamp to the PDP.”
The statement said that the National Working Committee, after a careful and exhaustive deliberation on this and other developments in the State Chapter of the Party, and pursuant to the provisions of Article 13.4 (XVI) and (XVII) of the Party’s Constitution invoked its power as enshrined, resolved as to dissolve all Party organs from Ward, Local Government and State Executive of the Party in Kwara State.
It also resolved to constitute Caretaker Committee at all levels of the Party of the Party organ at Ward, local Government and state Executive Committees of the All Progressives Congress in Kwara State.
The NCW appointed Hon. Bashi Bolarinwa as the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the State Executive Committee of APC in the State, adding “this shall take immediate effect.”