{"id":92803,"date":"2022-03-14T11:46:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T10:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=92803"},"modified":"2022-03-14T11:46:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T10:46:42","slug":"apc-crisis-stop-meddling-in-parties-internal-affairs-olawepo-hashim-tells-inec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/apc-crisis-stop-meddling-in-parties-internal-affairs-olawepo-hashim-tells-inec\/","title":{"rendered":"APC Crisis: Stop Meddling In Parties\u2019 Internal Affairs, Olawepo-Hashim Tells INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has asked the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) Prof Mahmood Yakubu to stop meddling in the internal affairs of political parties.<\/p>\n<p>The APC chieftain said INEC demonstrated this act in the \u201cunnecessary haste to pass judgement over who is to be the chairman of APC and what process to follow.\u201d In a statement released by his media office in Abuja, the former presidential candidate explained that \u201cINEC is not a court of law and neither is Yakubu a school principal to bark out orders to political parties that he considers as his students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recall that INEC, last Friday, rejected the notice for an emergency meeting of the APC National Executive Committee (NEC). 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