Taraba APC: Group Describes Sabo-Kente’s Expulsion As Illegal, Say Some People Bent on Destroying Party
- The Conference of Civil Societies for Transparency and Accountability has rejected the expulsion of Chief David Sabo-Kente from APC
- According to the group, the action was the handiwork of APC detractors, who were bent on destroying the party for their selfish gains
- The group said expelling a man who had worked tirelessly to ensure success of the party in the state is the height of illegality
The Conference of Civil Societies for Transparency and Accountability has described the purported expulsion of a frontline governorship aspirant under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Taraba, Chief David Sabo-Kente, as illegal and unfortunate.
National Convener of the groups Haruna Abdulsalam, who stated this in a news conference attended by Legit.ng in Abuja, said the action was the handiwork of APC detractors, who were bent on destroying the party for their selfish gains.
Source: UGC
It will be recalled that the APC in Taraba has been enmeshed in deep crisis, following the Guber primary that saw Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha, emerging as the flag bearer of the party for the 2023 Gubernatorial Election, which it lost.
Sabo-Kente, who blamed APC's loss on the internal crisis that rocked the party, said the issues were not resolved at the appropriate time.
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The group said the philanthropist‘s labour for the party was on public record, as it was a known fact that the only APC senator from Taraba, David Jimkuta, who defeated the incumbent governor, Darius Ishaku, was from Sabo-Kente’s camp, which worked for the party’s success.
The group noted that expelling a man who had worked tirelessly to ensure success of the party in the state, on grounds of anti-party activities, and no less by someone who emerged from the shadows without any legal standing, could best be described as a raape on democracy and the height of illegality.
It will be recalled that the embattled chairman of APC in the state, Ibrahim El-Sudi, who announced the expulsion of Sabo-Kente on Tuesday, had also called on the National Executive Committee of the party, to immediately suspend Jimkuta, the Senator-Elect for Taraba South.
El-Sudi claimed that the executive members of APC, Kente Ward of Wukari Local Government Area, had written the chairman of the party in the local government, calling for the expulsion of Sabo Kente, over series of allegations and offences against the party.
But also in a swift reaction to the expulsion of the governorship aspirant and suspension of Jimkuta, a factional leadership of the APC in the state, led by former Deputy Chairman of the party, James Ahmadu, however, set aside the sanctions meted out to the party members, asking security operatives to arrest El-Sudi for impersonation.
According to Ahmadu, the State Working Committee of the party, on Feb. 10, passed a ``Vote of No Confidence’’ on El-Sudi, and it was acknowledged by the APC’s National Working Committee.
He insisted that Sabo-Kente and Jimkuta remained legitimate members of the APC, as even the chairmen of Kente and Fete wards, which the two party strongmen belonged to, had denied signing any document that led to the purported expulsion and suspension of Sabo-Kente and Jimkuta respectively.
It said APC’s crisis should not be blamed on Sabo-Kente or any of the loyal party members because democratic tenets were trampled upon by those that should be at the helm of leadership.
APC Crisis: Senator-elect suspended, governorship aspirant expelled
Legit.ng earlier reported that the APC in Taraba state had suspended the senator-elect for the Taraba south, Jimkuta David, over allegations of actions contrary to the party's constitution.
Also, in the same vein, the party expelled one of its governorship aspirants and warned him against parading himself as a member of the APC.
The chairman of the party in the state, Ibrahim Elsudi, said the duo were disciplined by their wards and local government and affirmed by the state.
Source: Legit.ng
