Suspended Deputy National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC) Timi Frank yesterday alleged that the planned review of the party’s constitution was targeted at pulling the rug off the feet of those opposed to the leadership style of National Chairman Chief John Odigie-Oyegun.
In a statement in Abuja, Frank said the party’s action was aimed at pushing some prominent members out of the party for opposing the national chairman, who he described as a dictator.
The party, on Wednesday inaugurated a 10-man committee to review its constitution in accordance with a decision of the National Executive Council at its meeting in March 2016.
However, while inaugurating the committee, Oyegun asked the members to look critically at the “membership requirements and taking off my head, most importantly considering our experiences within the last few months, the provisions for discipline within the party”.
He said: “Events of the last few months have made me read very carefully the provisions that we have and to my mind, they are weighted in favour of problem people within the party that it becomes difficult to institute disciplinary proceedings.”
“I want you to take a close look at that to make it possible for those who don’t wish the party well, but are within the party to be speedily neutralised while the details of the cases are being looked into.
”Frank said it was shameful for the National Chairman to talk of indiscipline “when he has breached the same constitution more than any other persons”.
“His leadership has breached party constitution several times, even as regard to National Convention, which the party law states clearly that it must be held every two years.”
Oyegun is talking about indiscipline when there are several allegations of bribery and favouritism yet unanswered hanging on his neck,” Frank said.He challenged APC National Chairman to tell the world how he plans to fill some vacant positions in the NWC when “he is talking of non-elective national convention”.
According to him, if APC was a democratic party, members should be allowed to criticise the wrongdoing of the handlers, saying: “Some of us have prepared to meet them at the convention no matter the evil agenda they are planning against us.”
He, however, called on other party members to look critically and reject the convention template as prepared by the Oyegun-led NWC.
”The template is designed to favour themselves and some few interest within the party ahead of 2019 general elections,” Frank said.
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