The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has cancelled the congresses held in Lagos.
The chapter had produced parallel executives in May.
While the faction loyal to ex-governor Bola Tinubu elected Tunde Balogun as chairman at the congress held at ACME in Ogba area, another congress was convened the same day by a chieftain, Fouad Oki.
Oki had insisted that the ACME congress lacked legal basis as it was conducted based on wards in 57 council areas instead of 20 approved by INEC.
Speaking, National Publicity Secretary of the party, Bolaji Abdullah had said that the party had begun work on the reports from the various appeal panels on the conduct of the state congresses.
He disclosed that a meeting to resolve the issues had been held and that the Lagos APC faction loyal to Tinubu which conducted its wards and local government congresses in 57 local council development areas had been overruled by the national leadership.
The spokesman said the state structure was, however, not handed over to Oki who he said conducted his congress in accordance with the party laws.
He added that a five-man panel had been set up to dissect the constitutionality of the two congresses and that the panel, headed by the party’s Deputy National Chairman, would begin sitting on Monday.
“Yes, we set up a panel to look at the issues in the Lagos chapter. Of course,we overruled those who conducted their congresses in 57 councils because the Constitution only recognises 20 councils.
“We could not have discountenanced those who conducted in 20 councils becsuse that is constitutional. The issue in Lagos is about legality and constitutionality”, he said.
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