BREAKING: APC Knocks Amaechi For Anti-Tinubu Comment, Suspends Party Chair Amid Battle With PDP
- Rivers state chapter of the APC has suspended its chairman, Emeka Beke, and its legal adviser, Iheanyichukwu Azubuike
- The duo were suspended over alleged anti-party activities and financial misconduct, while the party dissociated itself from ex-Minister Rotimi Amaechi's comment against Bola Tinubu
- The development came at a time the party was preparing for a legal battle against the PDP in the state over the March 18 governorship election in the state
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Port Harcourt, Rivers - The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has suspended its chairman, Emeka Beke and legal adviser, Iheanyichukwu Azubuike, over alleged financial misconduct and anti-party activities.
According to The Punch, the state executive council (SEC) dissociated itself from a comment made by Rotimi Amaechi, the former minister of transportation, against Bola Tinubu, the president-elect.
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Amaechi, in one of his post-election interviews, alleged that a member in the camp of Tinubu singlehandedly nominated the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmoud Yakubu.
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The crisis rocking the party is gaining momentum amid the period it's preparing itself for a legal battle against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state over the outcome of the March 18 governorship election in the state.
The development in the party was disclosed by Chika Eyinda, the special leader of the executive committee of the party in Rivers, alongside other members at a media briefing in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, on Wednesday, April 5.
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According to Eyinda, the activities of Amaechi and Beke have grossly affected the party negatively in the last few years, resulting in its poor outing in the 2023 general elections.
His statement reads in part:
"Emeka Beke, the chairman of the APC in Rivers State, is hereby suspended indefinitely for anti-party activities, gross misconduct and financial mismanagement pending the outcome of an independent committee of inquiry as may be set up by the party."
The committee also announced that the deputy chairman of the party, Omiete Eferebo, will continue to run the affairs of the APC in the state, pending the period the committee of enquiry will complete their investigation.
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