For allegedly been involved in
actions tagged as anti-party activities, Ekiti State chapter of the All
Progressives Congress(APC) has suspended former Governor Segun Oni from the
party.
In a letter dated 1st May, 2019
and addressed to Oni, APC said it took the action over the failure of the party
chieftain to appear before the ward executives to clear the allegations.
The letter was signed by the
chairman and secretary of Ifaki ward II, Shina Akinloye and Ogunyemi Taiwo,
respectively and 24 other executive members in the ward.
The APC executives in Ido /Osi
local government, through its Assistant Financial Secretary and Assistant
Organising Secretary, Messrs A. Suleiman and Olanrewaju Olamope, respectively
signed.
Apart from being a former
governor, Oni also served as the Deputy National Chairman(South) of the party
under the tenure of Chief John Oyegun.
The letter titled: ‘Suspension
From All Progressives Congress Ward II, Ifaki Ekiti’ reads: ” Subject to
Article 21 Subsections I, II and X of the APC constitution 2014 as amended, we
undersigned executive members of the APC hereby suspend you indefinitely from
our great party, based on your refusal to honour our invitation for
investigation and fact finding into the allegation of anti party activities
leveled against your person by the members of our party.
“We are by the copy of this
letter informing both the local government and state working committee of the
party for necessary information and action.”
The party , had in a letter dated
24th April, 2019 and signed by the ward executives, invited Oni to appear
before a panel.
The letter read: “We the
executive members of the APC in Ifaki Ward II, hereby request your presence at
the Ilero town hall, Ilogbe , Ifaki Ekiti to clear air about the allegations by
members of the APC in your ward.
” Kindly indicate by informing
the APC chairman the convenient time and date to appear before members within
the next seven days of the reception of this letter.”
The letter of invitation was
received on Oni’s behalf by one Segun Adetunji on 25th April, 2019.
Oni had gone to court after the
May 26, 2018 APC governorship primary to challenge Governor Kayode Fayemi’s
eligibility to participate in the election.
Oni said going by the
constitution of the party, Fayemi, being a Minister in the cabinet of President
Muhammadu Buhari ought to resign 30 days to the primary.
Fayemi resigned in June, 2018
after the primary had been held.
He later won the July 14
governorship election, by defeating the candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), Prof Kolapo Olusola.
But the supreme court in its
judgement dismissed Oni’s suit for lack of merit, saying Fayemi didn’t breach
the law by resigning after the primary.
Though, Fayemi, in his reaction
to the court verdict, spread olive branch to Oni, with a promise to work with
him to move the party forward.
But some party members were said
to have insisted Oni needed to be punished for disrespecting the party, by
declining the Senatorial ticket and went to court seeking to upturn Fayemi’s
victory.
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