Null And Void: Adamawa State APC Excos React To Suspension Of Party’s National Vice Chairman

The State level executives of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State have rejected the suspension of the party’s national vice chairman, Comrade Mustapha Saliu.

In overruling Salihu’s suspension, the state executives claimed some faceless persons who want to cause confusion in the APC are responsible for the earlier suspension.

The position of the Adamawa APC was made known in a statement on Monday by the secretary, Dr. Raymond Chidama.

Naija News recalls the APC ward excos in Rumde, Adamawa State had on Sunday announced the suspension of its National Vice Chairman (North-east), Comrade Mustapha Salihu over alleged anti-party activities.

Salihu was accused of hobnobbing with the Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri who is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The APC chieftain was suspended for six months by Rumde Ward of Yola North local government area in Adamawa State over allegations of “gross abuse of office, conspiracy and acts typical of anti-party.”

The suspension letter from the ward executives, addressed to the National Chairman of the party through the acting state chairman and the chairman APC Yola North local government area was jointly signed by the ward’s vice chairman, the secretary, and 16 other executive members of the party in the ward.

However, the state exco in a counter statement on Monday morning, overruled the suspension, describing the said suspension as illegal.

Dr. Chidama who signed the statement further advised members of the party to disregard the publication of Salihu’s suspension.

Additionally, he said the suspension of the Rumde ward party chairman by the “party crashers” was laughable and their “interloping attitude” is unconstitutional and of no effect.