Some concerned members of Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday staged a protest at the party’s state secretariat in ACME, Ikeja, demanding ratification of the suspension of Dr. Muiz Banire, party’s National Legal Adviser, an action that was carried out in July last year, over allegation of his involvement in anti-party activities.
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| Femi Martins reading the speech during the protest |
The group urged the party's National Working Committee to ratify the suspension of Muiz-Banire, which they claimed had emboldened him against the party leadership in the state.
The group in a letter signed by the Legal Adviser of APC in Mushin, Mr. Femi Martins, and addressed to APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, bemoaned the refusal of the national leadership to ratify Banire’s suspension, adding that the delay has given Banire courage to see himself as untouchable.
The group said, “recalcitrant and political rascality undermines the democratic process and parties at all levels must continue to strive to ensure decorum from its members.
“We, therefore, demand that the national leadership of the party act in furtherance of the suspension at the local level by completing the process to serve as a deterrent to other dissidents alike.”
Reacting to the allegation and petition, Dr. Banire said, “My attention has just been drawn to the gathering of some jobless, lazy and hired charlatans in Mushin Local Government Area, who are being sponsored to stage the 2018 edition of what could now be described as their annual protest against Banire after their failed maiden edition in 2017.
“Tenure has finished already; it is a needless call. That shows the quality of people who are motor terminus touts put together by a nonentity in government. They do not even know anything going on in the party,” APC National Legal Adviser said.
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