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Sacked Directors May Sue APC, Adamu Over ‘Illegal Dismissal’

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Sacked directors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have threatened to sue the party and its National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, over their removal.

Naija News recalls that Adamu had on April 22 ordered six directors to proceed on a compulsory annual leave upon assumption of office.

The party chairman consequently set up an investigative panel headed by an ex-Governor of Jigawa State, Ali Kudu, to review the handing-over notes of the defunct Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee.

In its report to Adamu, the panel recommended that the party leadership place departmental directors and head of legal services on an indefinite suspension.

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Following their dismissal, sacked Administration Director, Abubakar Suleiman, in a chat with The Punch, denied the allegation of mismanaging N7.7bn by the directors.

He said the development was more of a witch-hunt than the flimsy allegation of corruption Adamu was trying to rope them with.

Suleiman, however, disosed that they might consider dragging the party and Adamu to court if all attempts to reinstate them fail.

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He said Adamu and the NWC lacked the power to recruit or disengage staff without the approval of the National Executive Committee of the Party.

He said, “The power given to them by NEC then was only to organise primaries and national convention. They have acted beyond their remit by sending us on compulsory annual leave which is strange to the APC staff condition of service and breached the APC constitution by saying that they have removed us.

“An Establishment Committee is the only body that can make recommendation to engage or remove staff of the APC secretariat. And even then, it can only become effective when or if the NEC approves. There must be genuine reasons for either recruitment or disengagement.

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“Our dismissal has not followed any due process. It is unfair. You just don’t go about tarnishing people’s image. You were about the only journalist that called to verify the truth.

“I have put 22 years of service into this party through the whole transition and merger process from the AD. But what Adamu just did was to bring in his cronies and people to run things at the secretariat.

“If he tells you his people are not working at the secretariat, he lied. Quote me anywhere. He has his people in positions of leadership including those he brought in as aides and personal assistants. We need to call a spade a spade.”