The duo of the former governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle
Amosun and the incumbent Governor of Ondo State, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu
were reportedly given the disgrace of their lives as they were turned to
observers at the last National Executive Council meeting of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), which held last Friday at the party’s
national secretariat in Abuja.
Sources
at the crucial meeting revealed that the two top politicians were so
treated based on their alleged anti-party activities in the 2019 General
Elections.
It will be
recalled that while ex-governor Amosun fielded a candidate from the
Alliance Peoples Movement (APM) for the governorship election in Ogun
State, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State allegedly highjacked and
diverted money meant for election in the state for Action Alliance.
We
were informed that the National Chairman of APC, Comrade Adams
Oshiomhole, had protested the presence of Akeredolu and ex-governor
Amosun at the meeting.
Oshiomhole
reportedly insisted that Amosun and Akeredolu were not invited since
they, like former governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, were still
under suspension and that no invitation was extended to them for the
meeting.
Sources added that after much pleading, they were later allowed to stay to listen to the allegations against them.
Reliable
sources revealed further that the leadership of the party were of the
opinion that the likes of Amosun, Akeredolu and Okorocha should be
punished for working for some other parties during the last election.
It
will be recalled that Amosun fielded Hon. Abdulkadir Adekunle Akinlade
from APM as the governorship candidate of Ogun State, when he was still a
member of the APC and even contested for the Ogun Central senatorial
seat under the APC, which took the open pleading and ward tours by APC
leader, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, for him to win.
Amosun,
it will also be recalled, went on air for about four hours, where
several radio stations hooked to the transmission, to promote Akinlade’s
candidature in the election.
The
former governor, observers recalled, was adamant to all the pleas of
the party to sheat his swords and work for the candidate of the APC in
the election, Mr. Dapo Abiodun, but that he remained adamant till the
end of the election.
On
his part, former governor Rochas Okorocha supported his in-law, Mr.
Henry Nwosu as governorship candidate of the Action Alliance, while he
contested for a senatorial seat under the APC.
The
party was said to have regretted the loss of the Presidential election
in Ondo State due to the anti-party activities of the Party Leader and
the State Chairman of the Party.
We
were informed that the party ratified the suspension of Amosun,
Akeredolu, and Rochas Okorocha from the party until when a Committee to
be set up submits its report about their activities.
The
party, we gathered agreed to subsequently conduct party primaries
through direct primaries, and passed a vote of confidence on its
chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
Disgraced! Amosun, Akeredolu Barred From APC NEC Meeting, Turned To Observers -As Party Sets Up Body To Investigate Anti-Party Activities
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