BREAKING: Anxiety as APC Chairman is Removed in Powerful Northern State

• APC has witnessed another level of crisis as its Adamawa state chapter has sacked its chairman, Ibrahim Bilal
• Bilal, the removed party chairman, was alleged to be engaging in anti-party activities, financial misconduct and the party's constitution's violation
• Following Bilal's removal, his deputy, Ismaila Tadawus, was sworn in as the new chairman after 24 of the 36 officers appended their signatures

Yola, Adamawa - The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a new twist as its Adamawa state chapter removed its chairman, Ibrahim Bilal.

Daily Trust reported that Bilal was allegedly involved in anti-party activities, financial mismanagement, and gross violation of the party’s constitution.

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Ismaila Tadawus, Bilal’s deputy, was immediately sworn in as the new chairman of the party in the state as 24 of the 36 officers appended their signatures.

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The executive committee of the APC accused the chairman of extortion at a meeting at the party’s secretariat in Yola, the state capital, on Monday, September 5.

This was contained in a speech read by the party’s publicity secretary in the state, Mohammed Abdullahi, where the committee also alleged that the chairman stayed away from the secretariat for two months and was conspicuously absent at the party’s governorship primary.

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Abdullahi maintained that Bilal has refused to respond to allegations against him.

He absconded from his duty to stay in Abuja when the party was working on reconciling members and addressing grievances within the party’s hierarchy.

“The chairman has shrouded the finances of the party in secrecy and has been running the affairs of the party like a personal investment with no checks and balances and without auditing since he cane on board”, the statement reads in part.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that members of the APC who contested the party's governorship ticket in the state have dumped the guber aspirant, Teslim Folarin.

The aggrieved aspirants have called on their supporters to vote for governorship candidates of their supporters as they insisted that the primary that produced Folarin was flawed.

The APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, had warned Folarin and the aggrieved aspirants that they will lose if they don't unite ahead of the 2023 poll.

Source: Legit.ng