Some protesters yesterday shut down the All Progressives Congress (APC) new State Secretariat in Akure, the Ondo State capital, with palm fronds and a lifeless canine, demanding the elimination of the state chairman, Engr. Ade Adetimehin.
The objects had been positioned on the entrance of the secretariat situated alongside FUTA street in Akure.
Talking with newsmen, the youth chief of the APC, Barr. Babalayo Olutayo, stated Adetimehin should go away the workplace over numerous alleged offences.
“I awakened this morning to study that some aggrieved youths throughout the state went to the brand new secretariat to seal off the place with quite a lot of fetish objects, the place was barricaded, locked with a series and I went there to substantiate the incident and I came upon that what folks stated to us was the actual fact.
“What led to the incident was allegations levelled towards the incumbent chairman, Ade Adetimehin that he was calling for a navy takeover and we’re but to know the the explanation why he was calling for that.
“Not solely that, we all know that his tenure will come to an finish by subsequent yr, and if in any respect he desires to depart, we imagine that he ought to go away the social gathering higher than the place he met it not that he has to destroy the muse of the social gathering as a result of leaving.
In the meantime, the state chapter has disclosed that the social gathering remained agency with the management of the embattled chairman.
Reacting to the disaster, the state director of media and publicity, Steve Otaloro, stated the social gathering had taken word of the current announcement concerning the purported suspension of Engr. Ade Adetimehin.
Otaloro stated, “We want to make clear that this motion isn’t solely constitutionally flawed but additionally undermines the rules of equity and due course of that our social gathering upholds.
“Beneath our social gathering’s structure, any suspension should observe a clearly outlined process that features offering the member with an in depth account of the allegations towards them and a chance to defend themselves earlier than a delegated committee.
“A warning letter is usually issued earlier than any suspension is taken into account. It’s evident that these important processes weren’t adopted on this occasion, rendering the decision for suspension invalid.”
