SAN FRANCISCO, October 14, (THEWILL) – The Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), North East Zone, Abubakar Ajiya, has announced the suspension of Mustapha Salihu, the Zonal Chairman of the zone .
Ajiya, in a letter addressed to Salihu entitled; ‘Re: Letter of Vote of No
Confidence’ which was made available to reporters in Abuja said the suspension was in line with the party’s article 21 D.
The letter read: “Having failed to fulfill or appear before this Honourable body, the North East Zonal Office called upon at Jose Martins Crescent, Asokoro, Abuja dated 11 /10 /2018.
“This letter is an expression of our `Vote of No Confidence’ in Mr Mustapha Salihu based on the power vested on us in article 21 D: vi, he is hereby suspended with immediate effect for his inability
to run the party affairs judiciously, prudently and democratically.’’
The secretary revealed that the charges against Salihu included his failure to call meeting as and when due contrary to Article 25 D: 1, and for allegedly causing disunity among members of the party in the zone.
Ajiya further announced that a three -Man committee had been inaugurated to look into allegations leveled against the deputy chairman.
According to him, members of the investigative committee are Alkali Kolo, Sani Haruna and Abdulkadir Abdulkadir.
But when contacted, Salihu dismissed the allegations against him saying those who took the decision to suspend him had no constitutional rights to do so.
He explained that only 1/3 of the Zonal Executive Committee, North East, comprising of about 150 members could suspend any official in the zone in
line with Article 12 .6 of the party.
Ajiya, who described his suspension as a joke, alleged that the signature of the Women Leader, Amina Manga, on the purported suspension letter
was forged.
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