APC Vice Chairman, 7 Other Members Expelled from Ruling Party

• The Edo state chapter of the APC has expelled its vice chairman, Francis Inegbeniki, with 7 other senior members of the party
• Rawlings Ekeoba, the chairman of the APC in the Esan LGA and 24 others signed the expulsion letters of the party chieftains over alleged anti-party activities
• The expelled members were accused of holding secret meetings at a hotel in Eidenu Irrua where they agreed to work against the party during the state assembly election

Benin, Edo - The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state has expelled its vice chairman, Francis Inegbeniki, alongside 7 other members from the Esan central local government area.

The expulsion of the APC chieftains was contained in a letter signed by Rawlings Ekeoba, the APC chairman in the Esan local government area and 24 others, The Tribune reported.

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Ekeoba and others addressed the letter to the APC chairman in Edo state, Col. David Imuse (rtd).

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According to the letter, the affected members were accused of holding secret meetings in a hotel in the Eidenu Irrua ahead of the March 18 state House of Assembly and House of Representatives election.

They were said to conclude at the meeting that they would work against the APC during the election.

The allegations read in part:

“While some of them worked for the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, others worked for the Labour Party, LP, just to ensure that the APC Candidates fail in the election."

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In the letter, it was further stated that the APC executive in the Esan LGA met with its members and stakeholders on March 20 to unveil the reason the party failed during the election.

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A 5-man panel was reportedly set up to investigate the expelled members of the party for a series of anti-party activities.

The letter further revealed that only one of them, Theophilus Okoh of Ward 1, appeared before the committee to deny his involvement in the alleged anti-party activities.

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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