Akpan Umoh, Uyo
Some members of the State Executive Committee, (SEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State on Tuesday passed a vote of no confidence on the National Secretary of the Party, Sen. John Udoedehe.
They have also suspended Dr Ita Udosen led State Caretaker Committee of the party for their role on last Saturday’s crisis ridden ward congress.
The members, who were led by a national caucus member of the party, Group Capt. Sam Ewang (rtd) also declared as null and void the purported suspension of 17 caretaker committee chairmen of the party by Udosen.
The State Caretaker Committee Chairman of the APC, Dr Ita Udosen had on Tuesday announced that the State Working Committee of the party has suspended the chapter chairmen for opposing the credibility of the ward congresses which purportedly took place last Saturday.
But Ewang told a press conference that the SWC has no powers to suspend the chapter chairmen as the State Caretaker Chairman and his team had earlier been suspended by chapter chairmen of the party in the state.
The former military administrator of Rivers and Ogun states insisted that there were no ward congresses in the state.
He urged President Muhammadu Buhari, Senator Godswill Akpabio, Senator Ita Enang, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma and other eminent stakeholders to rescue the party in the state from imminent disintegration.
He said it has become imperative due to the desperate antics of the National Secretary of the party, Senator John Udoedeh to usurp the party structure and powers for his selfish interest.
”We call on President Mohammedu Buhari in his capacity as the Leader of the party in Nigeria to call to order the Akwa Ibom APC Caretaker Committee Chairman, Dr Ita Udosen who has shamelessly been operating as though he is a domestic staff of Senator John Udoedehe.
”We unanimously reject in totality the deployment of Senator John Udoedehe’s man Friday and apologist Mallam Shehu Sheriff from Abuja to superintend over the conduct of ward Congress in Akwa Ibom State,” Enwang said.