Veteran Nollywood actor Kenneth Okonkwo, who served as a spokesperson for the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Committee, has been suspended. Before the presidential elections, he withdrew from the All Progressive Congress (APC).
The acting national publicity secretary, Obiora Ifo, who backed Peter Obi, the party’s 2016 presidential candidate, enthusiastically, has also been suspended.
A statement following yesterday’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Bauchi State announced their suspension.
The communiqué states that the NEC also considers the actions of 12 of its members, including Obiora Ifo, Kenneth Okonkwo, Mrs. Adebayo Ekong, and Com. P.G. Igene, Adeola Adebanjo, Funke Awolowo, Sam Okpala, and Folusho, for their anti-party activities and disorderly behaviour towards the party leadership, including making statements without the party’s permission.
“Thus, the NEC expelled them from the party in session. Additionally, it suspends all National Working Committee (NWC) members, state chairmen, and secretaries for disobeying the FCT High Court’s restraining order by attending the illegal NEC meeting that Barr Julius Abure called on April 18 in Asaba, Delta State.
It recommends that they be disciplined and investigated for dishonest and anti-party activities related to the way they handled the Barr Julius Abure-directed governorship primaries on April 15 in Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi. These include Chief Innocent Agumba, Dr. Ayo Olorunfemi, Mrs. Dudu Manuga, Mrs. Ladi Illiya, Prince Kenedy Ahanotu, and Mrs. Ladi Ahanotu, who are the state chairmen and secretaries that attended that unauthorised NEC meeting.
The NEC also looked at certain of the faction’s members’ anti-party actions and decided that the faction should support the decision of the Ogun State executives to remove some of its members for failing to pay dues for more than six months.
The impacted members include Mr. Kehinde Shogunle, Engineers Akinpelu Shogunle and Lukmon Jagun Abiodun, Mr. Tokunbo Peters, Barrister Oluwafemi Ibiayo, Bukola Shoyooye, Feson Gbadebo, Dayo Folarin, Adeshina Shojobi, Bamjoko Ajekpe, Tunde Taiwo, and Olatunde Abolade.
Abosede Lamidi, Malik Olaleye, Adesegun Banmodu, and Rev. Olufolabi Adebayo are some of the others.
