Members of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo state who might have complaints against the conduct of the July 31, 2021 Party’s Ward Congresses in all the 351 Wards across the state have been put on alert to be ready to approach the Congress Appeal Panel sitting in Ibadan from Monday to seek redress.
The Panel which has Barrister Chijioke Ozoemena and Barrister Bunmi Hilda as its Chairman and Secretary as well as three other members was inaugurated in Abuja on Wednesday by the Secretary of the APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Senator John James Akpanudoedehe alongside others deployed in the remaining 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
In a statement issued and made available to journalists by its Chairman, Barr. Chijioke Ozoemena, “the Panel has been mandated to attend to all possible complaints and petitions from eligible party faithful who genuinely participated in the penultimate Saturday exercise across the 351 Wards in Oyo state.
“Members of the Panel would begin its sitting on Monday 16th August until Friday 20th, 2021 when it is expected to round off its activities in the state. The venue of the sitting is the Party’s new State Secretariat at Oke-Ado, Ibadan while the time of the sitting is between 10am to 5pm daily. To this end, any member with genuine complaint or complaints is expected to come up with a petition to be addressed to the Secretary of the Panel and attach relevant documents or evidence to prove their basis of grievance or grievances.
“On our part, we can assure all party faithful that the Panel would be fair and just in the discharge of its duties. Therefore, we enjoin all stakeholders to remain calm and keep faith with the leadership of our great Party in a bid to build a more formidable and successful APC.” Ozoemena said.
