The All Progressives Congress in Ogbonicha Ward of Ofu LGA of Kogi State has disowned prince Mustapha Mona Audu for his inability to revalidate his membership registration, during the 2021 registration exercise.
Prince Mona Audu is the son of late Prince Abubakar Audu, former Governor of Kogi State and Candidate of the APC in the 2015 Governorship election.
The APC in Ogbonicha Ward made the disclosure that he is not a member of the party in a press conference addressed by Hon. Peter Onoja, the Ward Chairman of the Party, at the party’s State Secretariat held in Lokoja.
The Party dissociated itself from the activities of Prince Mona, Mustapha Audu described him as not known to the party at the Ward level.
The Party accused him of unruly behavior and conduct, said he has since ceased to a member of the party.
Recalled that the crisis of leadership rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) took a new turn as leader of one of the support groups in the party, the Progressive Youth Movement (PYM), Prince Mustapha Audu emerged chairman, Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC).
The movement consequently announced the disbandment of the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led extra ordinary convention committee.
APC OBONICHA WARD
PRESS RELEASE ON
TUESDAY 30 NOVEMBER, 2021
RE- FORMATION OF PYM-CECPC BY PRINCE MUSTAPHA MONA AUDU AND HIS PRESS CONFERENCE OF 29/11/2021
1. It has come to the notice of the Obonicha Ward, Ofu LGA Chapter of the All Progressives Congress that a certain Prince Mustapha Mona Audu and some unscrupulous individuals organized a Press Conference in Abuja on Monday 29th November, 2021 whereat the amorphous group claimed to have formed a parallel Caretaker Committee of our Great Party (APC) under an unknown platform called Progressive Youth Movement (PYM).
In view of this ugly development, the Obonicha Ward, Ofu LGA Chapter of the All Progressives Congress wishes to state emphatically as follows:
2. Prince Mustapha Mona Audu has long ceased to be a member of our Great Party, the All Progressives Congress in Obonicha Ward, Ofu LGA.
3. The said Prince Mustapha Mona Audu who was disqualified by the Primaries Screening Committee for the 2019 Kogi State Gubernatorial Election for failing to meet the basic constitutional requirements has since boycotted the Party.
4. Most importantly he refused, neglected and failed to revalidate his membership of the Party at his polling unit as required of all law abiding members during the APC Nationwide Registration and Revalidation exercise in 2021, thus allowing his membership to elapse and his name to be struck from the register of the APC at his Obonicha Ward, Ofu LGA of Kogi State.
5. In the light of the foregoing, Prince Mustapha Mona Audu does not belong to the APC and his activities in the so-called “Progressive Youth Movement” are unknown and unaccepted to the Obonicha Ward, Ofu LGA chapter of the APC.
6. Moreover we deplore in the strongest possible terms the unwarranted and totally unlawful attack on the CECPC as the national managers of our party, a position that has been severally confirmed and strengthened by every hierarchy of court in Nigeria, including the Supreme Court.
7. We further confirm our support for and firm stand as a branch with the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC).
Thank you.
Hon. Peter Onoja
APC Ward Chairman
Obonicha Ward