The Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) says Omoyele Sowore remains the substantive
national chairman of the African Action Congress (AAC).
In a letter dated May 14, Rose
Oriaran-Anthony, the commission’s secretary, said Sowore’s purported suspension
by the party cannot hold.
She said there is no evidence of
the meeting in which Sowore was suspended, as some of the party leaders had
claimed.
Mazi Okwy, a member of the AAC
national executive committee (NEC), had announced the suspension of Sowore,
adding that one Leonard Nzenwa had been appointed acting chairman.
Okwe based the action on “failure
to convene national executive council (NEC) meeting, financial misappropriation
and other anti-party activities”.
Sowore dismissed the suspension
and subsequently expelled Nzenwa while he suspended top members of the party.
The INEC secretary said the
commission will continue to relate with Sowore as the national chairman of the
party.
The letter read: “There is no
documentary evidence that a meeting of the AAC National Executive Committee was
convened by the National Chairman as required by chapter 9 section 59(a) of the
AAC constitution.
“The party did not provide a
21-day notice of the NEC meeting as required by section 85(1) of the Electoral
Act 2010.
“There are no minutes or evidence
of attendance of the AAC National Executive Committee meeting where the
National Chairman and eight others were purportedly suspended.
“Accordingly, the Commission
shall continue to recognise and relate with Mr. Sowore Omoyele as the
substantive National Chairman of the AAC.”
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