By Onyewuchi Ojinnaka
The Akwa Ibom State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has removed the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio as the leader of the Party in Akwa Ibom state.
The APC in Akwa Ibom state made the announcement at its second stakeholders meeting in Uyo, TheNiche gathered.
The Chairman, State Caretaker Committee, Ita Udosen announced that the state leadership status conferred on Akpabio by a faction of the All Progressives Congress has been formally nullified.
In a communique, the chapter explained that going by its constitution, the state chairman is the head of the party caucus in the state.
The All Progressives Congress noted that it is therefore a violation of its constitution for any faction to confer leadership status on Akpabio.
The party states: “That the Party hereby reminds every member and the general public that the State Chairman (or Caretaker Chairman as applicable here) is the Chairman of the State Caucus as provided for in Article 12.9 Sub (i) of the party Constitution (October 2014 As Amended) and remains the Party Leader in the State until further notice.”
Similarly, members of the chapter declared all-party factional leaderships at different stakeholders’ meetings null and void as a means of bringing peace and sanity to the party ahead of 2023 general elections.
