Edo State Government has described the newly reconstituted reconciliation panel of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a welcome development.
The 12-member committee led by Bisi Akande was announced on Monday by the party’s spokesman Lanre Issa-Onilu.
The Government reacted through a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Osarodion Ogie.
While expressing gratitude to the President for the reconstitution of the panel, the government also expressed confidence in the ability of the new panel to deliver on its mandate to bring peace and unity back in the party.
“The state government is grateful to President Muhammadu Buhari for putting together a committee of persons with proven integrity and the forthrightness needed to deliver on this very sensitive national assignment.
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“With the person of the renowned statesman and leader of the APC, Chief Bisi Akande, heading this committee, and other very worthy leaders of our party as members, we have no doubt that justice will not only be done but seen to be done in the execution of the mandate of this committee.
“We hereby restate our full commitment to peace in the APC both in our state and across the country.
“Despite the many challenges, APC has remained strong in Edo State and in Nigeria, but we are certain that at the end of this exercise, the party will become even stronger and continue to lead our great country with its progressive ideals for many years to come.”
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki and his predecessor and National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, have been locked in a bitter battle over the soul of the party in the state.
