He described the report as wicked and mischievous.
In a statement he personally signed Saturday evening, Banire said he was nowhere close to Ikeja, the venue of the congress but was at an Islamic programme as a guest speaker in Ilasamaja area of Mushin in Lagos.
The statement read, “My attention has been drawn to reports circulating on the social media suggesting that I was physically present at the State Congress of the All Progressive Congress said to have held at the Airport Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos State today.
“I wish to state unequivocally that I was nowhere near the venue of this Congress or at the venue of any political gathering for that matter.
“As a matter of fact, I was in faraway Ilasamaja in Mushin Local Government Area where I was a guest at the lecture of the Ansarudeen Islamic Society which held from 9am till about 3.30pm. I couldn’t have replicated myself between Ilasamaja and Ikeja.
“I consider these reports as not only wicked and mischievous but irresponsible, and smacking of brazen sophistry”.
Banire insisted that as a national officer of the ruling party, he would not be a party to moves capable of factionalizing the party. The senior advocate however raised the alarm over attempts to drag him into the politically intrigues currently at play in the state.
“ As a national officer of the All Progressives Congress I am very well aware of the constitutional burden of nonpartisanship in a matter of factional assemblies of the nature ongoing in Lagos State even as I am committed to discharging the ethos of my office as an objective arbitrator in all matters of this nature.
“Of course, I am aware of the desperate subterranean moves by some individuals to drag me into all these but I insist on standing above and beyond the fray, God’s willing.
“On account of this, may I advise all friends, associates and well-wishers to disregard the report and be assured of my objective neutrality in this regards at all times”, Banire assured.
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