The plans by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to hold ward congresses nationwide on Saturday may be thwarted by a group within the party whose members are complaining about marginalisation and the unfair composition of the electoral panel to oversee the exercise.
The aggrieved members, who have links with the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), one of the legacy parties that formed APC, are not comfortable with the composition of the congress committees at the state, local government and ward levels. THISDAY gathered that the disagreement over the plans for the congresses started at the last meeting of the party in Abuja when the issue caused a heated debate among the stakeholders. It was learnt that the concern of those protesting against the arrangements for the congresses arises from the fact that it has been skewed to favour certain interest groups who are angling to control the party machinery ahead of the 2015 general election.
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