The Borno All Progressives Congress (APC) has elected 8,424 party executives for the 312 wards in the state. The Organising Secretary of the party in the state, Alhaji Mohammed Awwal Hamza, disclosed to journalists yesterday in a telephone conversation that registered party members were fully mobilised to participate in the concluded congress, saying the exercise was hitch-free.
Awwal added that the ward congress was actually held across the 27 LGAs of the state without hitches, describing the exercise as a positive development in the political history of the state. Awwal, who was the first publicity secretary of the APC in the state, said “credit must be given to the state governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, for ensuring total discipline and respect for the constitution of the party during the congress.
” It will be recalled that Governor Kashim Shettima had on Friday last week during the APC stakeholders’ meeting, warned members of the party against violence and threatened to deal decisively with anybody found wanting.
Shettima further directed the 27 LGAs party executives and 27 Caretaker Committee Chairmen to immediately relocate to their respective local government areas to ensure proper conduct of the congress. It was also gathered that only delegates from Marte LGA were permitted to hold their ward congress in Monguno town in Monguno LGA because the town was yet to be liberated from the Boko Haram insurgents by the Nigerian military. The publicity secretary added that, “We were able to conduct the ward congress and at the end of the day, we have had a team of 27 ward executives elected from each of the 312 wards.
“The party used to have 26 elected officials at the ward level, which would have brought the total figure to 8,112 in the entire 312 wards of the state.
