APC Revalidation Exercise Unconstitutional, Says Oshiomhole

Hamilton Nwosa
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By Hamilton Nwosa(Head, The New Diplomat’s Polling, Research & Data desk)

The ongoing membership revalidation exercise of the All Progressive Congress(APC) violates the party’s constitution, the immediate past National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has said,

Oshiomhole spoke with newsmen shortly after revalidating his membership of the party at Unit 1, Ward 10, Iyamho, Etsako West Local Government of Edo State.

According to him: “APC is governed by a constitution and not by man. The constitution only provides for registration and I registered as a member of the APC in 2014 under the Interim National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande.

“There is nothing in the APC constitution that says a member shall revalidate or renew his membership. Once you registered when you joined the party and you have not decamped, you are a member. So revalidation is strange to our constitution.

“I have only done this because I want peace to reign but in doing this, we have to be careful not to create constitutional breach,” he declared.

Oshiomhole, however, noted that between 2015 and now, people have exited the party and others have joined while some have died, adding that it makes sense to review the register so that those who have decamped to APC will be registered while those who have left will be deleted.

“If you ask me as a foundation member, who has never decamped, to revalidate my membership, it is double registration because there is nothing like revalidation in our constitution.

“Asking me to revalidate my membership means I was not a member. So, I think the correct language should be either “reviewing” or “updating” because it makes sense to review voters register due to the new members that have joined or those that have exited,” Oshiomhole added.

He said the party has been updating its register regularly, noting that most of the governors under the party today became members following voters register update which enabled them to contest the governorship elections under the party.

“So what this means now is that I have come here to do another registration, but I insist that my registration never expired within the provision of the APC constitution.

“For me, I think we should just move on. I am happy I just did it but I don’t need it because my membership has not expired and it can only expire when I decamp, Oshiomhole concluded.

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