The Chairman of APC Ehaje Ward 1, Comrade Austine Agada, has asserted that he maintains his position despite the prevailing crisis and suspension by the ward executives following alleged anti-party crimes.
Mr. Agada was suspended by the APC Ehaje Ward 1 executive of his Owukpa hometown district in Ogbadigbo LGA of the state.
Mr Agada claimed that the suspension was a nullity, “I remain the APC chairman in Benue State,” He maintained.
He stated this at a press conference in Markurdi on Wednesday, when the crisis in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State deepened and the party announced the suspension of its state chairman
Godwin Abah, the APC Ehaje 1 Ward Chairman, told journalists in Makurdi that Agada’s suspension came after he refused to face a disciplinary committee over alleged anti-party activities.
They claimed that after receiving a petition from a party member, Daniel Onjeh, who was the APC’s 2023 senatorial candidate in the state, and addressing it to the APC National Working Committee (NWC), they (ward executives) formed a disciplinary committee and invited Agada to defend himself under the party’s constitution.
The ward executives, however, alleged that Agada “blatantly refused, ignored, and disrespected the disciplinary committee by refusing to attend nor communicate back to the committee.”
The ward chairman in a statement signed by the eight-member ward executives, noted that they were left with no other decision than to suspend the state chairman after their leadership reviewed his conduct in the 2023 general elections.
