APC expels 30 members in Anambra over court action ahead primaries

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Anambra State Chapter, has expelled 30 members for instituting legal actions against the party.

The affected members include some aspirants for the National Assembly, whose expulsion may disqualify from participating in the party’s primary elections.

Valentine Iyiegbu, State Publicity Secretary, made the disclosure shortly after the meeting of the State Executive Committee (SEC) of the party, on Monday, in Awka.

He said the decision was in line with Section 21, Sub-section 5 of the party’s Constitution.

“The party discussed those who took the party to court, and many of them are contesting for the House of Representatives tickets of the party.

“The matter comes up tomorrow, and the SEC stated that what the party constitution stipulates would be followed, which is outright expulsion from the party under Article 21, Subsection 5.

“The SEC actually ratified their expulsion because they did not exhaust all the internal avenues provided by the party to resolve their grievances,” he added.
Iyiegbu noted that the only reprieve available to the expelled members would be for them to withdraw their court cases.

“It is only when the matters are withdrawn from the court that the party can consider listening to them,” he said.

On the party’s primary elections, he explained that “In the case of those contesting for the tickets of the Federal House of Representatives, all the eleven positions have aspirants, while for the Senate, the three positions are also being contested.

“The Screening Committees are here to perform their duties,” he noted.

The party also ratified the appointment of a five-man Primary Elections Committee headed by Izuchukwu Okeke, the State Organising Secretary of the party.