Mr Augustine Agada, the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State, has been suspended by the party’s leadership in his Ward.
According to Platinum Times, the situation came after Comrade Dan Onjeh, the party’s 2023 Senatorial candidate for Benue Zone C, accused him of anti-party activities.
Onjeh recently petitioned the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, saying that Augustine Agada supported the campaign and election of some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates in the past election.
In the petition, Onjeh presented evidence alleging bank transactions by Agada and other PDP members.
Agada, on the other hand, told DAILY POST that he was unaware of the claim and did not want to become involved in the dispute with Onjeh.
However, after much deliberation, the APC executives in Ehaje Ward 1, Owukpa, Ogbadibo Local Government Area, Benue State, voted no confidence in Agada.
The ward leadership cited pertinent portions of the APC Constitution to list seven grounds for Agada’s suspension from the party.
According to them,
“Mr. Agada’s failure to appear before the Ward Disciplinary Committee to address the allegations against him despite the Ward’s invitation to him to do so; the Ward Exco found compelling evidence of Mr. Agada working against the party’s interest in the Benue South Senatorial District during the 2023 elections.
“These anti-party activities included: campaigning for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Sen. Abba Moro; dampening the morale of APC supporters and encouraging anti-party activities within the ward, and losing his own polling unit (Ai-Igado Ehaje 1) in the presidential, senatorial, and House of Representatives elections.”
They also cited Agada’s alleged moves to withhold the funds the party at the national level provided for the Ward for logistics and election day activities.
According to them, the action was taken unanimously to protect the APC from Agada’s political mischief and to instil discipline within the party.
“We believe this is necessary to deter future anti-party activities and foster unity among party members.”