APC Membership Registration: CPC Caucus Cries Marginalisation

Leaders of the defunct Congress of Progressive Change, CPC in Ogun State
have expressed serious concern about the way the national leadership of
the party has allegedly skewed party harmonisation and membership
registration against former governorship candidates, who are also state
Leaders of their legacy parties, while completely handing over the
process to state Governors.

The caucus of the defunct CPC in Ogun state who made this plea on Sunday
in Ago-Iwoye, while observing the on-going APC membership registration in
the state, also called on Governor Ibikunle Amosun to urgently caution
members of his SIA group in the state not to divide the party ahead of the
forthcoming party congresses in the state.
They contend that such arrangement may affect the desired inclusiveness
and cohesion critical for party harmonisation and strength as one side is
tacitly placed in control of party structure from the outset, leaving
others marginalised.
“We however wish to call on the national leadership of APC to quickly
intervene in the ongoing marginalisation and unnecessary exclusion of
members of the defunct CPC in the present drive to build a virile party
in Ogun state”
They said the activities of members of the Governor’s camp, placed in
charge of membership registration in most units of the state, if not
urgently cautioned might jeopardise the strength and chances of the party
at the next general elections
According to a statement signed by the State Secretary of the Defunct
party, Evangelist Godwin Odeyemi they said “it was counterproductive and
totally mindless for members of the Governors camp from the defunct ACN to
hoard registration materials and prevent other co founders of the party at
the grassroots from registering for the party, when there is a greatein
most battle ahead of the party at the 2015 general elections”
The caucus however cited cases of Atikori ward in Ijebu North among other
centres in the state where members of the governor camp have been forced
to hijacked the registration and prevented other elements from registering
for the party.
They said it took the physical intervention of the State deputy governor,
Prince Segun Adesegun and Senator Gbenga Kaka before normalcy could be
restored in some of the registration centres
“As Leaders of the defunct CPC in Ogun, we do wish to express deep worry
about how the Governor’s camp has been going about nurturing this new
party in the state.
Therefore, we of the defunct CPC will henceforth resist vehemently any
attempt by any individual or group of individuals to hijack our collective
patrimony in the APC because we are all co founders and equal stakeholders
of the party”