Delta APC Crisis: My purported suspension is null and void, SWC never met –Deputy Chairman

By Atevure Princess,

The State Deputy Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC in Delta State, Mr Elvis Ayomanor has described his suspension and replacement for allegedly violating the party’s constitution and acts of gross misconduct as null and void and of no effects.

Ayemanor said that the press statement purportedly suspending him and 7others was allegedly issued from the bedroom of the state party chairman, Prophet Jones Erue by his personal publicity secretary, Sylvester Imonina who is not known to the executive of the party.  

Recall that the party in a statement by its State Publicity Secretary, Sylvester Imonina, suspended its State Deputy Chairman and six other persons including the Vice Chairman of the party for Delta South senatorial district, Tosan Awani and the state woman leader, Mrs. Janet Oyubu.

Others are the chairmen of the party in Okpe, Uvwie, Oshimili South, Oshimili North and Ukuwuani local government areas of the state.

The State Working Committee of the party according to the statement also announced the immediate replacement of the suspended party officials with eight persons including Moses Ogodo who is now the Deputy Chairman of the party in the state.

However, the Deputy Chairman, Mr Elvis Ayomanor in an interview with Advocate asked the public to disregard the purported suspension is he say is illegal and from some disgruntled members of the SWC.

According to him, “you are very much informed about the situation of our party, you are not a stranger. You are aware that it’s the consent judgement that gave us the power to remain as the State Executive Committee

“The people in that consent judgement are the recognized executive of this state, that man who signed that press statement, one Barrister Imonina is not the publicity secretary of Delta State APC; he is just personal publicity secretary to Prophet Jones.

“You can try to get the certified true copy of the consent judgement, you will see that Imonina is not our publicity secretary; our publicity secretary is Mr Felix Okpako.

Prophet Jones does not have the right to wake up in his bedroom and write on behalf of the State Working Committee. The SWC has not met since after the election neither has the State Executive Council met since after the election, so there was never anytime we took any decision to suspend anybody, they are jokers.

“The SWC has not met since after the 2019 election, this is as a result of the state chairman incompetency,” he added.