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  • Crisis Rocks Kogi APC, Suspends Ankpa LG Boss Over ‘Anti-Party Activities’

    From Noah Ocheni, Lokoja

    The Kogi State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended the Chairman of the Ankpa Local Government Area of the party, Abdullahi Zakeri, for “anti-party activities”.

    In a statement made available to Journalists on Tuesday in Lokoja, by the APC Chairman in the state, Abdullahi Bello, said the suspension is with immediate effect.

    The party also appointed Mohammed Salifu Jibrin as the acting Chairman of the party for the local government.

    “This is to notify the general public that the State Working Committee of the Kogi State All Progressives Congress has received a letter recommending the Ankpa Local Government Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Hon. Abdullahi Zakeri for suspension for anti- party activities,” the statement partly read.

    “The State Working Committee of our party has looked into the issues and found the Chairman guilty as charged.”

    “To this end, the State Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress has upheld and affirmed the suspension of the Ankpa Local Government Chairman of the APC with immediate effect.”

    “The State Working Committee of the party has also approved the appointment of Mohammed Salifu Jibrin as the Acting Chairman of the APC in Ankpa Local Government Area.”

  • Kogi APC Suffers Major Setback As Massive Defection To SDP Hits The Party In Ankpa LGA

    Kogi APC Suffers Major Setback As Massive Defection To SDP Hits The Party In Ankpa LGA

    From Noah Ocheni, Lokoja

    In a shocking turn of events, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ankpa Local Government Area of Kogi state, the traditional home and stronghold of the Party in the state has been hit by massive wave of defection to Social Democratic Party, (SDP).

    The defection which involves mostly the executive members of the Party and political office holders in the Local council includes the APC Ankpa LG Party Chairman, Hon. Abdullahi Zekeri, Mallam Hashim Adamu, Chairman of Enjema Ward 1.

    Others are the Suburb 2 Youth Leader, Hon. Aliyu Hussaini, the Secretary of APC Ankpa Township Ward, Hon. Ilyasu Abdulkareem, and the SSA to the Local Government Chairman on political matters, Hon. Yunusa Friday Okpanachi tendered their resignations to join the SDP.

    Daybreak gathered that they all made the decision to join the SDP due to the growing supports and wide spread of the party’s leadership popularity and future development policies for Kogi state.

    The former youth leader of the APC, Aliyu Hussaini attributed their withdrawal from the party to lack of political initiatives, Party’s failure to address pressing issues and poor renumeration for supporters at the grassroots for the past years.

    He expressed confidence in the SDP commitment to prioritizing the needs and aspirations of the youth.

    The mass resignation of the ward chairmen and youth leaders has in no small measure affected the APC’s stronghold in Ankpa LGA while the Social Democratic Party, (SDP), however, grooms the decampees in the area.

    As the countdown to the November Gubernatorial elections begins, all eyes will be on how both parties navigate their political and campaign strategies and propel their respective agendas forward.