Sigh of relief for APC as aggrieved APC youth group withdraws lawsuit against Mala Buni

An All Progressive Congress (APC) youth support group known as the Progressive Youth Movement (PYM) has withdrawn the lawsuit it filed seeking the sack of the ruling party’s National Chairman, Caretaker Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni.

The group had in November last year announced the disbandment of the Buni led CECPC and subsequently named its leader, Prince Mustapha Audu, the new Chairman of the CECPC with the mandate to conduct the National convention in February 26, 2022.

The PYM however went to court for legal backing on its decision.

But speaking to Journalists at the end of the reconciliation meeting at the Party’s National Secretariat on Monday in Abuja, the National Youth Leader of the Party, Barr Ismaeel Buba Ahmed said the disagreement the group had with the party has been resolved.

He said “We are all young people and APC is a party of young people. In any political party or organization, their is bound to be disagreement. Our brothers and sisters here have had to express their concerns over certain things over a period of time and now we are all here, we have reconciled.

“They have tabled their concerns and the party have taken care of some of these concerns because the party is a listening party. We are here to hold our hands and sing ‘kumbaya’ that we are one united party.

“We are here to proceed and work together in the forthcoming party convention and the general elections in 2023.

“Some people had issue with the date of convention and we have been able to resolve it.

“Secondly, to make sure young people have stake in the party, especially for the position of the national youth leader of the party being allocated to a god father somewhere to determine who he brings without the consent of the youths that have contributed,” he noted.

Also Speaking, the PYM leader, Prince Mustapha Audu commended the party for listening to the group and meeting their demands.

He said” there were some points that we did not agree with the leadership of the party but in all honesty this is the only party that listens to young people.

“We clamoured for a convention in February and the leadership of the party listened and gave us February convention. We clamoured for 26th and they gave us 26th; We clamoured that letter be transmitted to INEC and letter had been transmitted to INEC as we speak.

“In all fairness, it will be wrong of us to continue anything further knowing that our leaders have listened to us.”

The youth leader however call for inclusion of youths in the National Convention and Post Convention Management of the party.