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The congresses of the All Progressives Congress in four local governments of the Edo-North Senatorial District have been cancelled due to the inability of party members to reach a consensus agreement.

The local governments are Akoko-Edo, Etsako-West, Etsako-Central and Owan-West.

A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria, who monitored the exercise, reports that the congresses were held in Owan-East and Etsako-East local governments.

The Chairman of Owan-West Local Government, Mr. Godwin Aigbodion, told NAN that the congresses were cancelled because party members disagreed on adopting consensus candidates for the positions of Chairman and Secretary.

The local government congress has been cancelled as party members in the local government area could not reach a consensus agreement on the position of local government chairman of the party.

I cannot say when the congress would hold, but members need to go and harmonise before the congress will take place, he said.

However, in the Owan-East local government, a consensus was agreed as names of the elected officers were harmonised and affirmed through the raising of hands by the delegates.

The Chairman of Owan-East, Mr Jimoh Ijegbai, said that the council decided to build on the consensus agreement to elect party officials.

We decided to build on the consensus agreement and as you witnessed yourself, the only position that was contested for is the position of youth leader and an election was conducted.

The 275 delegates that came from the 11 wards voted at the congress; that is the beauty of democracy.

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APC cancels congresses in four Edo councils