Enugu APC group asks governor to review removal of party executives
APC foundation members in Enugu North Senatorial District have asked Gov. Peter Mbah to investigate the alleged removal and replacement of ward and local government party executives. The G-30 group says the officials elected at March congresses were displaced without explanation and wants any changes to follow the party constitution.
Members of the All Progressives Congress in Enugu North Senatorial District have appealed to Gov. Peter Mbah to intervene in the alleged removal of some ward and local government party executives. The appeal was made in a statement signed by Barth Ugwoke, a former APC director of Research, Strategy and Intelligence Matters, on behalf of the G-30 Enugu North Senatorial Zone.
The group asked Mbah to establish who authorised the changes and why they were made. According to the statement, some executives who emerged from APC congresses in March were removed and replaced without an explanation being communicated to the affected officials. The group said the officials had been chosen as part of an arrangement intended to integrate former Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party members with foundation APC members.
The group is asking that the allegedly displaced executives be restored where there has been no valid resignation, disciplinary finding, anti-party activity or other constitutionally recognised reason for their removal. It also called on the state party leadership to ensure that future changes to elected party structures comply with the APC constitution and established procedures. The group said officials accused of wrongdoing should receive notice and an opportunity to respond before any action is taken.
The G-30 said it had welcomed Mbah and other former PDP leaders and members into the APC because it believed the merger would create a stronger and more inclusive party in Enugu State. It said the integration plan, as it understood it, would allow 18 existing PDP ward and local government executives to retain their positions, while foundation APC and former Labour Party members would fill the remaining nine posts. The group argued that elected party offices should not be treated as appointments that individuals could withdraw or reassign at will.
It pointed to previous APC announcements involving suspensions, dissolutions, investigations and caretaker arrangements as evidence that structural changes should have a clearly stated basis.
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