Ondo APC chair suspension: Kekemeke petitions Police commissioner

THE crisis in the Ondo State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) over the suspension of the party Chairman, Hon Isaacs Kekemeke, took another dimension on Monday, as the embattled Chairman petitioned the State Commissioner of Police, Hilda Harrison, over the invasion of some hoodlums into the party secretariat.

Kekemeke in the petition addressed to the Police Commissioner specifically alleged three members of the Party in the state of forcefully taken over the Secretariat, chasing out the staff of the Secretariat.

He listed the three members to include the Party’s Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Adesanya, Saka Yusuff Ogunleye and Rasheed Badmus Kekemeke described the invasion into the party secretariat by the trio and some other thugs as criminal, illegal and unlawful, urging the security operatives in the state to investigate the involvement of the three party members on the incident.

According to the petition made available to Nigerian Tribune, it read “that i wish to bring to your notice that certain persons namely: Abayomi Adesanya, Saka Yusuff Ogunleye and Rasheed Badmus invaded the party Secretariat in company of one policemen and some thugs.

“They invited the Secretariat staff headed by the administrative Secretary and forcefully disposed him of the keys to the party secretariat a d chased the staff out of office, locked it up and took the keys away

“This is patently unlawful, criminal and illegal as the state secretary of our Party is the constitutionally empowered custodian of the Party secretariat.”

Kekemeke however said the petition became imperative because of the antecedents of three party members involved in the invasion of the Party office.

He said “I have reasons to fear that these persons want to loot the office, particularly the computer sets, generating sets, motorcycles and other valuables items in the party.

“To remove and alter documents particularly those indicting Saka Yusuff Ogunleye and Ade Adetimehin as working for the PDP and SDP respectively during the National Assembly election.”

He however called on the state Police Commissioner to investigate the complaints on order to prevent the party office from looting and vandalisation.

However, the State Publicity Secretary, Adesanya said there was no iota of truth in Kekemeke’s allegation but said the embattled Chairman was “crying wolf where there was none and raising a false alarm.”

He said the state Executive of the Party has empowered his committee to investigate Kekemeke and said it would be better for the chairman to appear before the party rather than hiding under one finger.

He said “this is a family affair and we are not out to crucify Kekemeke but he should come forward to explain his side of the story and I am assuring him the committee will not be partial and will be fair to him.”