Group asks APC to suspend Amosun for anti-party activities

A group, National Youths Democratic Network (NYDN), on Thursday, asked the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to suspend the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, from the party, over alleged anti-party activities.

It equally called for the withdrawal of the party’s ticket for Ogun Central Senatorial district in its possession, and be handed over to a more committed and disciplined member from the district.

According to the State Coordinator of NYDN, Hamzat Solanke, at a news conference in Abeokuta, the state capital, said the group is a national umbrella body of committed, loyal and disciplined youths in the APC.

The group said the open declaration of support for the governorship candidate of the Allied People’s Movement, Hon. Adekunle Akinlade, by Amosun, was well enough for the national leadership to suspend him for anti-party activities.

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“It is a serious infraction and insult on our sensibility for the incumbent governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun to disregard democratic decisions of the APC in Ogun State and Nigeria to field Prince Dapo Abiodun as its standard bearer only for Governor Amosun to deviate from that line to pitch his tent with the candidate of another party, the APM, Mr. Adekunle Akinlade, who is a current serving member of the National Assembly and a decampee from the APC.

“It is absolutely laughable and against all known logic that Senator Ibikunle Amosun is holding on to the ticket of the APC to contest as Senator for Ogun Central Senatorial District while backing Hon. Akinlade from another political party to be governor of the state during the same election tenure.

NYDN also called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to investigate the source of funding of the APM as a political party from obscurity to relative visibility of the governor.

The political group asked the State House of Assembly to prevent the governor from borrowing money from any financial institutions at this point in time in the life of his (Amosun’s) administration.

When contacted the Special Assistant to the Governor on Media to Eshomomoh Imoudu, said he was on a campaign tour with the Governor and promised to reach out to the Nigerian Tribune.

But, at the time of filing this report, there was no official reaction from the government side.