By The Adamawa State executive committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has removed the state chairman, Ibrahim Bilal, over supposed anti-party, financial misconduct, and gross violation of the party’s constitution.
Following Bilal’s removal, his deputy, Ismaila Tadawus, was confirmed as the new chairman of the party, with 24 out of 36 officers appending their signatures.
The executive committee, at a meeting held at the APC state Secretariat in Yola, on Monday, blamed the chairman for extortion.
In a speech read by the State Publicity Secretary, Muhammed Abdullahi, the executives claimed that the chairman avoided the Secretariat for two months and was absent at the venue of the governorship primary election.
Abdullahi said Bilal had not answered claims against him while fleeing from his official duty to remain in Abuja when the party expected to accommodate members and address grievances arising from the primaries.
“The chairman has shrouded the finances of the party in secrecy and has been running the affairs of the party like a personal investment with no checks and balances and without auditing since he came on board”, he said.
“The chairman blatantly refused to congratulate the winner of the gubernatorial primaries of our great party, Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani on time without any justification even though some party EXCO prodded and advised him to do so”.
He added that Bilal infringe Article 21.2 of the APC Constitution by encouraging the electorates in his Northern Senatorial Zone through his verified Facebook page to vote in favor of the NNPP candidate against the APC candidate, Senator Ishiaku Cliff Abbo, and furthermore, Article 23 as amended which gave that joint signatory to the party’s bank account shall include the chairman, the secretary, the treasurer, and the financial secretary.
Bilal couldn’t be reached for remark, as he didn’t answer a call from our journalist at the time of filing this report.
