Withdraw cases in court against the party or face disciplinary action, APC threatens aggrieved members

The leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC, has ordered its members aggrieved and disenchanted by the outcome of primary elections it conducted nationwide, and other issues, to withdraw all cases in court against the party or face disciplinary action.

Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, spokesman of the party who disclosed this in a press statement on Monday, said the APC is displeased by the action of mem members of the party.

“The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has frowned on the actions of some Party members who have resorted to litigation as a way of addressing their perceived grievances and disputation without exhausting the party’s dispute resolution mechanism.

“This growing trend is viewed by the party as a manifest indiscipline. The actions, it should be noted, is considered as anti-party as it goes against our Party’s constitution,” the APC spokesman said in the statement.

He drew attention of members to Article 20, Subsection 10 of the Party’s Constitution, which lists offences against the party to include “Filing an action in a Court of Law against the Party or any of its Officers on any matters relating to the discharge of the duties of the Party without first exhausting all avenues for redress provided for in this Constitution.”

The APC spokesman says the party intends to activate constitutional provisions to penalize such members as their action is capable of undermining the party and hurt its interest.

“We hereby strongly advise such members to withdraw all court cases, while approaching the appropriate party organs with a view to resolving any outstanding disputes. In addition to this, aggrieved members are urged to take full advantage of the reconciliation committees the party has just put in place,” the party said.

It reminded party members that that as a progressive party that operates on the principle of change, it is not a matter of choice to keep to the rules.

“We, therefore, advise such members to take this warning very seriously as failure to comply with the party’s dispute resolution procedures would be met with the stipulated disciplinary actions,” the statement said.