The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will challenge in court the nullification of the state congress by the National Working Committee (NWC), the state’s Assistant Publicity Secretary, Mr Abiodun Salami, has said.

Reacting to a report on the purported nullification, Salami said the NWC’s decision was mischievous and an attempt to cause confusion in the Lagos chapter.

The state congress was held on May 19 at the party’s secretariat in Ikeja, where a new executive committee, headed by Alhaji Tunde Balogun, was elected.

The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, was quoted as saying that “the faction loyal to Senator Bola Tinubu, which conducted its ward and local government congresses in 57 local government areas and local council development areas (LCDAs), was overruled by the national leadership. Of course, we overruled those who conducted their congress in 57 local government areas because the constitution only recognises 20 local governments”.

Apparently referring to Fouad Oki’s group, which conducted another congress in Lagos, Abdullahi said: “We couldn’t have discountenanced those who conducted in 20 local government areas because that is constitutional. The issue in Lagos is constitutional.”

Salami said the issue of local government on which the NWC based its decision was not tenable. (The Nation)