Alhaji Bashir Bakari, the chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Jalingo, has been suspended by members of the party executives in the council.
The suspension came on Sunday in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba state, after a vote of no confidence was passed on him.
The suspension, which was contained in a statement read and made available to newsmen, said the action has become necessary following the activities of the chairman which the executive believed is detrimental to the party.
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The party’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) in the council, Mohammed Dahiru, said;
“It has become evidently clear that Bashir Bakari activities and actions are prejudicial to the overall interest of the party at the wards, local government and state levels.
Citing Article 21(1)(lll)(V)(Vll) of the party’s constitution, the action of the embattled chairman towards the party and its members, they said, is entirely” contrary to the party’s constitution.”
They further accuse him of “handpicking without adherence to the provisions of the party constitution when summoning for a meeting.”
Adding that “this biases and dictatorial tendencies of Bashir Bakari has created discord particularly among the youths who are known to be foot soldiers of the party and constitute the largest age group in the party.”
According to them his actions, “has made some prominent Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members to openly state that they have already pocketed APC chairman of Jalingo local government council.”
The chairman “is exhibiting disloyalty, insubordination to some of the party’s stakeholders which is gross misconduct to the party and violates party constitution.”
Reacting to the suspension the chairman said the suspension would not hold water “because all the due process were not followed.”
Alleging that the purported suspension was sponsored by some persons who according to him does not have the party at heart.
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He urged the party’s faithful to disregard the purported suspension which he believed would not see the light of the day.
