The Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended its chairman, Chief Ugochukwu Agballah and different government members over alleged acts of abuse of places of work.
The State’s Publicity Secretary, Chief Michael Ezeanyanwu, introduced the suspension of the chairman alongside different State Govt Committee of the occasion in Enugu on Saturday.
Ezeanyanwu acknowledged that the members of the state government committee, Enugu State had handed a vote of no confidence following their anti-party actions.
“We, the members of the State Govt Committee of the All Progressives Congress, Enugu State do hereby move a vote of no confidence on Chief Ugochukwu Agballah (state Chairman), Chief Augustine Alumonah (State Deputy Chairman).
“Others are Mr Jude Aniogbo (State Treasurer) and Mr Emeka Eze (State Organising Secretary) and they’re hereby suspended from the occasion.
“Our resolution is based on a collection of acts of abuse of places of work, usurpation of powers, creation of factional executives, unconstitutional elimination of occasion executives.
“Others embrace instigation of disaster within the occasion in some native authorities and so forth. dedicated by the named officers towards the occasion,” he mentioned.
In accordance with Ezeanyanwu, because the affirmation of Agballah because the state chairman of the occasion, he has been operating its affairs as his private enterprise with none regard for the occasion’s Structure.
Ezeanyanwu acknowledged that the suspended chairman exercised the ability of his workplace arbitrarily and for his private issues.
In accordance with him, the suspended officers sidelined members of the state government committee and arbitrarily exercised the ability of the organ.
“They went to the extent of unduly interfering with the administration of the occasion on the native authorities.
“Once more, the state Chairman, Deputy State Chairman and the state Organising Secretary had additionally engaged in instigation of disaster and factionalisation of the occasion in some native governments and wards,” he added.
Ezeanyanwu alleged that the state chairman by way of his deputy and the organising secretary, instigated and created factional ward executives in Aku Ward 3 in Igbo-Etiti native authorities space and Abbi Ward in Uzo-Uwani native authorities space with out the information and consent of the SWC.
“Just lately, in July, the state chairman and state organising secretary facilitated and attended conferences with the native authorities deputy chairman of Enugu South, different native authorities officers and a few ward chairmen on the Signature Resort the place he instigated them to take away the native authorities occasion chairman by no matter means.
“He tried to create parallel executives in Ezeagu, Udi and Awgu Native Authorities Areas, which has thrown the occasion into chaos.
“His misconduct and the way he handles Enugu state occasion actions made Enugu state to have the worst outcome within the simply concluded basic election,” the chairman alleged.
“All these anti-party actions of those enemies of the occasion within the identify of occasion executives culminated into the colossal and abysmal efficiency of the occasion within the state on the final basic elections regardless of the trouble of our governorship candidate and we are not looking for a repeat of it.
“On this premise, the aforementioned individuals are hereby suspended with fast impact,” the assertion mentioned.
It will be recalled that stakeholders of the occasion led by an APC stalwart, Mrs Ginika Tor, had earlier accused Agballah of destroying the occasion construction within the state by way of the unconstitutional suspension of its founding fathers.
These suspended by Agballah had been former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, former Enugu State Governor, Sullivan Chime, ex-State Chairman, Ben Nwoye and former Director Normal of the Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu.