For appointing PDP members, this is what APC plans to do to Kogi governor
– Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state has been accused of engaging in anti-party activities
– The APC set up an eleven-man disciplinary committee to probe the Kogi state governor
– Bello was accused of appointing card-carrying members of the PDP as commissioners and special advisers
An eleven-man disciplinary committee has been constituted to probe alleged anti-party activities of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state.
The committee headed by Senator Dino Melaye was constituted at a crucial meeting in Abuja on Monday, June 13, The Punch reports.
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state
Those at the meeting were members of the All Progressives Congress in the National Assembly from Kogi state, House of Assembly members, executive of the party in the state and prominent party leaders from the state.
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Governor Bello was accused of appointing card-carrying members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state as commissioners, special advisers and councils’ caretaker committee members.
He was said to have made all the appointments without carrying the party along.
The Kogi APC leaders said: “Out of the 15 Commissioners he (Bello) appointed, PDP has 13 card-carrying members while APC has two. Out of the 105 members of the caretaker committee members for the 21 local government councils, PDP has 72 while APC has 33.
“Out of the 28 people he appointed as special advisers and senior special assistants, PDP has 24, APC has one, APGA has one, Labour has one, Accord has one.”
At the end of their meeting that lasted three hours, the party resolved that the disciplinary committee will review the various allegations leveled against the governor and report back within seven days.
Part of the resolution reads: “After much deliberation, the House noted that Governor Yahaya Bello has substantially breached the provision of Article 21of the constitution of the APC. The House, therefore resolved to constitute a disciplinary committee of 11 members to invite Governor Yahaya Bello and give him the desired fair hearing.”
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The party said it acted based on the Article 12 (8) of the APC constitution, to convey the meeting and agreed to set up the committee made up of members from the three senatorial districts of the state to invite the governor, for necessary questioning.
According to the party, it had to take action following an alleged decision of the governor to rebuff all attempts to hold a meeting with the state working committee of the party since he was sworn-in as governor.
The APC threatened to take necessary disciplinary actions against Governor Bello in accordance with the party constitution, in case he chooses to disregard the party resolution.
Members of the disciplinary committees are Hon. S.T.Adejoh (secretary), Senator Mohammed Ohiare, Senator Abubakar Abdulrahman, Senator Nicholas Ugbane and Alhaji Haddy Ametuo, the APC chairman in Kogi state.
Others are Hon.Buba Jibril, Hajia Hajara Aliyu, Hon. Folasade Joseph and Hon. Suleiman Ali.
Bello was picked as the governorship candidate by the APC following the death of the party’s flag bearer, Abubakar Audu who died on November 21, during an ongoing election exercise.
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A rerun was conducted and Bello was declared winner of the Kogi governorship election.
Idris Wada, the PDP governorship candidate filed a petition against the emergence of Bello as Kogi state governor. On Tuesday, June 7, an election tribunal sitting in Abuja, dismissed the petition.
James Faleke, the running mate of the initial APC candidate, Audu, had also gone to the tribunal seeking to be declared as the valid candidate of the party for the election and to be declared governor. The tribunal however, ruled that Faleke has no locus stand to file any petition against the election of Bello as governor of Kogi state.
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