President Buhari has stressed that if anyone is displeased with the way
and manner anything has been done, and feels deprived of his/her rights,
then such a person is at liberty to approach the courts for
redress. The president reacted to the position of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) which recently forbade members from dragging the party to
court, the President said:“We can’t deliberately deny people of their
rights. We agreed that party primaries should be conducted either
through direct, indirect or consensus methods, and if anyone feels
unjustly treated in the process, such a person can go to court. The
court should always be the last resort for the dissatisfied. For the
party to outlaw the court process is not acceptable to me.” The APC, in a
decision ascribed to the National Working Committee (NWC) had last week
threatened to punish members across the country who had dragged the
party to court over various issues. According to a statement, “The Party
intends to activate constitutional provisions to penalise such members
as their action is capable of undermining the Party and hurt the Party’s
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 put in place.APC members should understand that
as a progressive party that operates on the principle of change, it is
not a matter of choice to keep to the rules.” President Buhari also
advised members to work with the reconciliation committees empanelled
for the six geo-political zones by the APC, and not a purported
Presidential Committee on Reconciliation, stressing that the Party is
the only body authorised to constitute such committees.It's unacceptable for APC to forbid aggrieved members from dragging the party to court - President Buhari
President Buhari has stressed that if anyone is displeased with the way
and manner anything has been done, and feels deprived of his/her rights,
then such a person is at liberty to approach the courts for
redress. The president reacted to the position of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) which recently forbade members from dragging the party to
court, the President said:“We can’t deliberately deny people of their
rights. We agreed that party primaries should be conducted either
through direct, indirect or consensus methods, and if anyone feels
unjustly treated in the process, such a person can go to court. The
court should always be the last resort for the dissatisfied. For the
party to outlaw the court process is not acceptable to me.” The APC, in a
decision ascribed to the National Working Committee (NWC) had last week
threatened to punish members across the country who had dragged the
party to court over various issues. According to a statement, “The Party
intends to activate constitutional provisions to penalise such members
as their action is capable of undermining the Party and hurt the Party’s
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 put in place.APC members should understand that
as a progressive party that operates on the principle of change, it is
not a matter of choice to keep to the rules.” President Buhari also
advised members to work with the reconciliation committees empanelled
for the six geo-political zones by the APC, and not a purported
Presidential Committee on Reconciliation, stressing that the Party is
the only body authorised to constitute such committees.
