A five -man appeal panel of the All Progressive Congress (APC), to hear petitions from aggrieved members following July 31st 2021 ward congresses in Oyo State, will commence sitting on Monday.
The panel, set up by the party’s CECPC is headed by Barrister Chijioke Ozoemena. Barrister Bunmi Hilda is the scribe plus three other members
The committee, in a statement released by its Chairman, asked genuine members of the party to get ready with their genuine complaints arising from the congresses conducted in 351 wards of the state.
The statement read in parts:
“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.”
