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Bala Na’Allah, senator representing Kebbi south, has tackled Adams Oshiomhole, former national chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), on his comment regarding the legality of the party’s ongoing membership revalidation exercise.

According to NAN, Na’Allah explained his position in a statement issued by Garba Muhammad, the senator’s spokesman.

Oshiomhole had recently said the current membership revalidation exercise being conducted by the party’s caretaker committee is not in line with the APC constitution.

According to Muhammad, the senator, who spoke shortly after registering at his unit in Wasagu, insisted the exercise is in line with the decision of the party members.

“Let me seize this opportunity to talk about what I was reading in the newspapers where our former chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, said that this registration/revalidation exercise is unconstitutional,” he said.

“With due respect, I want to tell him that under our law, power to create is synonymous to power to destroy. The power that creates you can destroy you.

“The constitution of the APC belongs to APC members. As at today, I am not aware of any unit in the federal republic of Nigeria where APC members said they are not going to register because the registration is unconstitutional.

“So, by agreeing to participate in the registration, they have given the constitutional validity to the process. This is what it means.

“People should be careful when they make comments that are of general nature. If you do not know the law, don’t superintend over what you do not know.

“So, with due respect, I will want to say that what the APC is doing nationally is backed by the constitution of APC.”

He noted that the APC is facing problems from those who joined the party along the line.

“I think it is time for us to appeal to them to allow us to nurse these wounds, so that the country will benefit from the good intention of the APC,” he added.