The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended 11 people
loyal to Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, for taking the
party to court.
The suspended party members had asked a high court to remove
Abdullahi Samari Abubakar as chairman of the APC caretaker committee in Kwara,
owing to the rift between AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the governor, and the
minister.
Both men are seeking to control the party structure in the
Kwara.
In June 2020, the national executive committee (NEC) of the
party dissolved the national working committee (NWC) led by Adams Oshiomhole
and directed members not to institute any suits against the party.
In a letter addressed to Abubakar, John
Akpanudoedehe, national secretary of the party, said the suspension bars the
affected persons from the APC’s membership revalidation exercise.
“The Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning
Committee considered the decision of the Kwara State Caretaker Committee dated
5 February 2021 on the resolution of the Kwara State Disciplinary Committee to
suspend erring members who Instituted SUIT NO: CV/241/2021 BETWEEN JOSEPH TSADO
AND 10 ORS VS ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS & 2 ORS against the party,”
Akpanudoedehe wrote in the letter.
“After due consideration of the decision, the members of the
Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee found the
decision meritorious on the grounds that the members who instituted the above
mentioned suit against the Party had flouted the directive of the National
Executive Committee (NEC) of 25th June 2020, wherein the NEC resolved that no
member of the party should institute any action in court and to withdraw all
pending cases in Court in order to explore the internal conflict resolution
mechanisms of the party.
“Consequently, the Caretaker/Extraordinary. National
Convention Planning Committee ratifies the decision of the Kwara State
Caretaker Committee and upholds suspension of the following Party members:
“TAKE NOTICE; that this suspension constitutes a bar on the
above-named persons from participating in the on-going registration and
revalidation of membership exercise.”
The party’s decision is sequel to a letter by the Kwara APC
chairman notifying the national leadership of its disciplinary action against
the 11 members.
The suspended members are; Joseph Tsado, Bamidele Ogunbayo,
Issa Fulani, Imam Abdulkadir, Morufu Olaniyi Yusuf, Saludeen Lukman, Kerebu
Fatai, Bola Ajani, Nurudeen Fasasi, Salman Shehu Babatunde and Abdullateef
Ahmed Kolawole.
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