The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dissociated itself from a group called Progressive Youth Movement.
This is coming one week after the PYM met in Kaduna State and passed a vote of no confidence on the Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), asking the caretaker committee to vacate office.
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Recall that the youth group had at the town hall meeting themed, ‘Ready to lead, now or never,’ which attracted youths from the Northwest geo-political zone at the Murtala Square, Kaduna, noted that the caretaker committee had overstayed its welcome to conduct a national convention for the party.
The crisis deepened on Monday, following the emergence of a factional Caretaker Committee of the party led by Prince Mustapha Audu and the purported disbandment of the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee by PYM.
However, Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday denied the group saying it was alien to the party.
He said “We have received several enquiries from the media and concerned APC members on the felonious activities of a purported group parading itself as Progressive Youth Movement.
“The purported group and membership are unknown to the party, its structure or as a registered support group.
“Hence, we completely disown them and cannot account for their activities or join issues with them,” the APC scribe said.
He described as laughable the attempt by the group to usurp the leadership of the APC by claiming to have dissolved the Gov. Mai Mala Buni-led CECPC.
Akpanudoedehe stressed that relevant security bodies must check and address the unscrupulous activities of the group, adding that the attention the purported group sought, would not be given to it by the party.
He advised the general public to disregard the group, saying that its members were not registered members of the APC.
He added that members of the group were being used by opposition elements and fifth columnists to cause confusion in the party.
“As widely reported, the successful meeting between the APC leadership, Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) and President Muhammadu Buhari produced February 2022 as the time frame for the party’s National Convention.
“Our focus now is preparing the ground for a rancour-free exercise,“ he said.
