Borno: 27 APC Ward Executives Suspends Party Chairman.

From Sadiq Abubakar

Maiduguri

The chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC,  Hawul Local Government Area, Alhaji Auwal Mamman has been suspended indefinitely.

The suspension happened following what the party executives described as gross maladministration by the ex- chairman in conducting the affairs of the party in the local government.

According to the party executives who signed a petition and handed over to the state party Chairman and secretary in Maiduguri, they have done their part to ensure that his conduct did not put the party into crisis but as he was not forthcoming, they were left with no option but to suspend him from the party.

In a letter signed by the27 executives of the party in the local government and made available to newsmen in Maiduguri, the executives said they met  on 23 September 2020 and reviewed the conduct of the chairman which they stated as an act capable of embarrassing the party, hence took the decision to suspend him.

The letter reads in part:

“The offences are disobedience to party rules and regulations, where the chairman refuses to participate in the just concluded party primaries for the forth coming local government election, knowing full well that the primaries was a directive from the party secretariat as he along with some thugs attempted to sabotage the process.

“Use of thugs in trying to compel ward executives and other officers to align with his plan for mischief to cause confusion during the last party primaries for the forth coming elections.

“Alhaji Auwal Mamman hired thugs to beat and manhandled the ward chairman of Shafts, Alhaji Mohammed Musa Yaro, Hon. Salifu Madu and others for refusing to go along with them.

“Mismanagement of party funds – Alhaji Auwal Mamman uses his privilege position to corner funds and their privileges meant for officials and members of the party for his personal use. The evidence of such acts is the use of the party fund to build a filing station for himself in Yimirshika in Haul Local Government.”

The party said although it has made several attempts to reach out to him over the allegations, he deliberately refused to honour all invitations thus the resolve to suspend him as the party is superior to any individual in order to save the party from further embarrassment.