The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Nationwide Working Committee (NWC) has suspended some members over anti-party actions forward of the Anambra State native authorities election slated for Saturday, September 28, 2024.
Nationwide chairman of APGA, Chief Edozie Njoku and the Nationwide Working Committee (NWC) at a press convention in Abuja, Thursday, stated that henceforth, the celebration has vowed to deal with numerous layers of infractions and indiscipline and likewise to invoke the disciplinary matrix of the celebration, in keeping with the related sections of the Owerri 2019 Structure, towards members who bask in anti-party actions that undermine the peace, unity, stability, progress and electoral worth of APGA throughout the nation.
He vowed to invoke Part 10 (Occasion Self-discipline/Offences) Subsection (d), (e) and (f) of the Owerri Structure of 2019 (as amended). He stated that any member of the celebration whose actions or conduct embarrass the Occasion or have an adversarial impact on the Occasion or deliver incalculable hurt to the Occasion or trigger public ridicule or disrepute shall be suspended on the occasion of the NWC for a interval of six months.
He warned that any celebration member that conducts or partakes in unlawful major, congress or conference shall be suspended on the occasion of the NWC for a interval of six months and any member who’s beneath suspension can not stand for an election.
He narrated how some celebration members connived with Mr. P.I.N Ikwueto, SAN and filed a go well with within the identify of APGA (as Plaintiff) at Federal Excessive Court docket Abuja presided over by Justice James Omotosho, with out the due authorization of the celebration as clearly spelt out within the celebration’s structure; to obtain an Interlocutory Order which they intend to undergo INEC in order that they’ll withdraw the popularity of Chief Edozie Njoku because the Nationwide Chairman of APGA.
“In his infinite knowledge, Justice James Omotosho denied the appliance and insisted that Chief Edozie Njoku’s led counsel ought to harmonize and resolve on who must be our authorized consultant and naturally that authority to resolve who could be our authorized consultant lies with the celebration,” he stated.
Consequently, he stated, “The next members are hereby suspended – Barr, Sylvester Ezeonwuka, Mr. Ifeatu Obi-Okoye, Dr. Alex Obiogbolu and all people who participated within the unlawful Anambra Native Authorities congresses and primaries, and emerged as purported candidates in Gov. Soludo’s checklist (as LG Chairmen and Deputies in all of the 21 LGAs and the Councillorship Candidates in all of the 326 Wards) of Anambra State as revealed by the Anambra State Impartial Electoral Fee (ANSIEC) for the approaching LG elections of September 28, 2024.”
He stated a Disciplinary Committee has been set as much as examine the anti-party actions and acts of gross misconduct levelled towards the affected members and make suggestions to the NWC.
Moreover, the NWC strongly condemned the actions of Governor Chukwuma Soludo and different Nationwide Meeting and State Home of Meeting Members elected on the APGA platform and detractors getting used to distract the celebration by means of Court docket actions/proceedings. It additional suggested them to take steps to redeem themselves from these anti-party actions or face acceptable disciplinary actions from the celebration.
