APC Appoints El-Rufai, Wase, Okorocha, Marwa, Others To Reconcile Members In Ekiti

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Caretaker Committee led by Governor Mai Mala Buni, on Tuesday appointed Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai to chair the reconciliation committee for the party’s Ekiti State chapter.

The committee, which has other members, was inaugurated on Tuesday by the Secretary of the APC Caretaker Committee, Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe, at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.

Recall that the crisis rocking the Ekiti State chapter of the party took a turn for the worse last week when a faction announced the suspension of Govenor Kayode Fayemi over allegation of anti-party activities.

But the national leadership of the party later same day, declared the suspension a “nullity.”

Other members of the reconciliation committee are:

Rt. Hon. Ahmed Idris Wase
Gen. Lawal Jafaru Isah (Rtd.)
H.E. Owelle Rochas Okorocha
Gen. Muhammed Buba Marwa (Rtd.)
Mr. Ini Morgan – Secretary

Spokesman for the APC, Yekini Nabena, said the setting up and inauguration of the reconciliation committee is in line with the mandate of the party caretaker committee and the president’s admonition to party members to support amicable and rancour-free settlement of internal party disputes.

Nabena therefore called on party leaders and members in the state, to approach the committee with all issues so as to resolve them.

He said: “We call on our esteemed party members and leaders in Ekiti State to approach the Governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai-led Reconciliation Committee with all issues so as to achieve amicable settlement in the state chapter.”