The Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State has removed the state chairman, Ibrahim Bilal, over alleged anti-party, financial misconduct and violation of the party’s constitution.
Following Bilal’s removal, the deputy chairman, Ismaila Tadawus, was sworn in as the party’s new chairman after 24 out of 36 officers appended their signatures.
The executive committee at a meeting held at the APC state Secretariat in Yola, on Monday, accused the chairman of extortion.
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Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, pioneer chairman of the EFCC, who lost the governorship ticket of the APC in the state to Senator Aishatu Binani, has gone to court to challenge the latter’s victory.
In a speech read by Muhammed Abdullahi, the State Publicity Secretary, the executives alleged that the chairman was away from the Secretariat for two months and was absent during the governorship primary election.
“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 came on board”, he said.
“The chairman blatantly refused to congratulate the winner of the gubernatorial primaries of our great party, Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani on time without any justification even though some party EXCO prodded and advised him to do so”.
He added that Bilal violated Article 21.2 of the APC Constiturion by urging the electorates in his Northern Senatorial Zone through his verified Facebook page to vote for the NNPP candidate against the APC candidate, Senator Ishiaku Cliff Abbo, and also Article 23 as amended which provided that joint signatories for the party’s bank account shall include the chairman, the secretary, the treasurer and the financial secretary.
