The All Progressives Congress (APC) Rivers State chapter on Sunday suspended a former Deputy National Secretary, Victor Giadom, for allegedly violating the party’s constitution.
The media adviser to Acting Chairman Igo Aguma, Livingstone Wechie, said the suspension followed a report of a fact-finding committee.
He said: “The committee recommended that Victor Giadom be immediately suspended from the party and every party activity for his numerous infractions of the party constitution and conduct, which have brought the party into irredeemable disrepute.
“That Victor Giadom should immediately write a letter of apology to the party and same should be published in three national newspapers.
“The Committee report, which was presented to our state Executive Committee meeting, was accepted and adopted as the position of the APC in Rivers State.”
APC National Vice Chairman (Northeast), Salihu Mustapha, said Giadom did not resign but was given a waiver to contest the deputy governorship election last year.
He said the National Working Committee (NWC) gave Giadom a letter when he returned after the election.
Mustapha’s claim was however faulted by the National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu.
In another development, Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Sunday expressed optimism that the lingering APC crisis will soon end.
According to him, certain actions would be taken in a matter of days to ensure that the ruling party was not consumed by the crisis.
He told State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.
Lawan,who also expressed displeasure over the worsening security problem in some parts of the country, explained that he visited the President out his conviction that the APC imbroglio , should not be allowed to “degenerate”.
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He said solving the many problems of the APC required total adherence to its constitution.
He said: “I had the opportunity to talk to my leader, the President, about the challenges in the APC. I believe that we need to deal with the challenges. This is the ruling party of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, with the President, in control of the National Assembly, with more governors than any other political party.
“The situation must not be allowed to degenerate than it has and I believe that we must go into the Constitution of our party and see how we are can address them. We must not allow the situation to continue as it is today because the stability of APC is the stability of Nigeria. This is the party running the affairs of this country.
“I believe that we have to sort the problems out. That will make our work even better and easier when we have a stable party. Our party is supposed to be part of the apparatus of running government.
“We are supposed to run or operate or implement or execute the manifesto of the party. The party is key; it is central and essential to ensuring that government, whether on the Executive or the Legislative side, continues to face those issues in our manifesto.
“I had the opportunity to discuss that with Mr President, who is the leader of the party and by the grace of God, in a few days, we will see certain actions that will be taken.
“I’m praying that all our leaders across the country will make every possible effort to get the party reconciled.”
Speaking on the security situation in the country, the Senate President said that the Senate and the National Assembly opined that more resources were needed by the armed forces and paramilitary organisations to stem the tide.
Lawan added that the National Assembly would be positively disposed to receiving a supplementary budget for enhanced funding of security agencies.
He then urged service chiefs and heads of security outfits to sit up and deliver on their mandate.
