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Newly Registered Political Party Sacks Leaders, Including Dokpesi, Nwanyanwu

APDANewly registered Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA) has divided into two factions with one of them announcing the sacking of the erstwhile chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Raymond Dokpesi as well as Chief Dan Nwanyanwu and Alhaji Mainasara Ilo.

This was even as another faction announced the sacking of Alhaji Shittu Kabiru Muhammad-led Interim National Working Committee of the party.

The three leaders, who were sacked by the first group, were alleged to be engaged in unlawful gathering in the name of the party and violating the constitutional provision of the party for holding illegal National Executive Council meeting, where the decision to sack the interim NWC was taken.

Earlier today, Tuesday, Dokpesi and some members of the party had gathered at what they called NEC meeting and pronounced the interim committee under Shittu leadership.

The stakeholders insisted that the tenure of the NWC members had expired since June 14 in line with the constitution of the party, and that the meeting of where the decision was taken complied with the party’s Contitution as well as the provisions of the Electoral Act as amended.

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They gave the names of the new officers of the party as Mr. Mainasa Ilo (national chairman), Chief Dan Nwanyan (Chairman Board of Trustee), Mr Amobi Nwosu(National Secretary) Alhaji Muhammed Tanko (Deputy National Chairman, North), Dr ‎Fijabi Adebo (Deputy National Chairman, South) and Mr. Ide Felix Equabor as the National Publicity among others.

Speaking to news men shortly after the meeting, Ilo said out that the former NWC members ought to have organised a “proper meeting “to either extend their tenures or elect news officers in line with constitution of the party when their tenure expired but failed to do so.

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