Baring any last-minute change, the All Progressive Congress APC in Plateau State is set to sanction some of it’s critical Stakeholders who recently visited the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Senator George Akume to congratulate him over his appointment.
It was gathered that the stakeholders have been invited to the Headquarters of the Party in the State to explain why they had to visit the newly appointed Secretary to the Government of the state amidst other allegations of anti part.
An anonymous source alleged that as we speak, the immediate past Governor of the state has mapped out strategies to ensure that major stakeholders in the state are either suspended or expelled; and what is their crime? Simply because they went to congratulate the SGF without informing him.
This is not healthy for our party; as the crisis rocking the APC in the state is uncalled for. We expect the immediate past Governor of the state to unite the Party, but what he is trying to do rather tear it apart.
As we speak, the stakeholders penciled for suspension or expulsion have been invited to the APC Secretariat tomorrow Thursday to defend themselves”. The APC stalwart alleged that some stakeholders targeted with suspension were those who paid a solidarity visit to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sen. George Akume; following his appointment by the President when a former Governor of the state was seeking for same position.
Those targeted for the suspension according to our sources include; Ex Gov. Joshua Dariye, Chief Amos Gizo, Dame Pauline Tallen, Sen. Hezekiah Dimka, Sen. Nora Daduut, Lumumba Adeh, Alhaji Dasuki Nakande, Comptroller Victor Dimka, Chief Danyaro Sarpiya and Rep. Komsol Alphonsus among others. He said: “For God’s sake, Akume is one of our own, from the North Central and the defunct Benue-Plateau State.
On this note, we call on the National Executive of the Party to call the immediate Past Governor of the state to order. APC would die a natural death in Plateau if the Former Governor is allowed to have his way; as the party is struggling after its poor performance.
It could be recalled that a Former Rep member representing Alphonsus Komsol representing Shendam/Quaan-Pan/Mikang of Plateau had some days ago cautioned the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state against unlawful suspension of any member of the party. Komsol, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja. Fielding questions on the internal crisis rocking the state chapter of the APC, he described the alleged plot to suspend him and some other members of APC in the state as a huge joke.
According to him, the plan is not healthy for the party; saying executing such action will be an ill wind which will do more damage than good.
The ex-lawmaker attributed the intra-party crisis to “politics of exclusion” in which the then ruling party and government allegedly excluded some critical stakeholders from the party’s major activities and decision making deliberately. He said that most of the APC members were not carried along in the affairs of the party as they were given the leper’s treatment and relegated to the background.
“Prior to the general elections, for instance, to the best of my knowledge, no caucus meeting was ever held. On the few occasions that party meetings were held, usually in Government House, it was only for state government appointees to be given strict marching orders on whatever the government wanted.
“Throughout the four years that I was elected to the House of Representatives, never was any caucus meeting of the party ever held.
“Even right now, about four months now since the party’s depletion and comprehensive losses in the 2023 elections, nobody has called us for a meeting,” Komsol said.
