The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Felix Morka, has insisted that the party’s recently concluded congresses were largely peaceful and cohesive despite pockets of disputes in some states.
In an interview with ARISE NEWS on Wednesday, Morka dismissed claims that the APC was projecting a false image of smooth internal processes, maintaining that the party had successfully managed a complex nationwide exercise.
“No system is entirely perfect. We are not, and we have never told anyone that we’re perfect. We’re not. We’re citizens, we’re Nigerians, we’re human beings, and we’re liable to our own errors. But however, what is important here is that our party has delivered a congress that we can say has been largely peaceful and cohesive.”
Morka acknowledged that there were pockets of issues here and there, adding “As a political party, we do not joke with the orders of court. We seriously make effort to comply fully with the court directions, You don’t comply with an order you are not aware of.”
He added ” There are other states where we suspended congresses because of one challenge or the other, those matters are under review by the appropriate authorities of my party, and I wouldn’t want to preempt the conversations or the direction of those efforts to resolve some of these issues, However, when you go to court and you secure an interim order of court where the other party, the defendant, is absent, is not in court, didn’t have notice to come, because it’s interim, it’s simply the plaintiff moving the court by themselves without the other party present
they got an interim order to that effect. At the time that this congress was going on, that order had not been either served or communicated to those in those states, Ondo State Chapter was not a party to that suit.”
He stressed that internal conflict resolution remains one of the APC’s defining strengths.
“Look, I’ve always said, even on your show, that one thing that distinguishes the APC from the other parties is that our systems for conflict resolution is very mature, and we don’t take it for granted because we know these issues will arise. People will be disappointed, and we complain.
” The fact that they’re within the party doesn’t mean they agree necessarily with every position the party takes. So, they have a fundamental, you know, constitutional democratic right to complain, but when they do, we are always willing to take it.”
It would be recalled that the APC had its State Congresses in many states of the country on Tuesday, with the emergence of new party executives at the state level.
