Prince Tony Momoh, CPC National Chairman
The leadership crisis rocking the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has taken a new turn, as the factional leader and Protem chairman of the party, Senator Rufai Hanga, has moved to recover his property that houses CPC’s national secretariat in Abuja.
According to the eviction notice signed by Hanga, his agents would be visiting the party headquarters on December 27 to inspect the property as stipulated in the contractual agreement to ensure that the property is restored to “proper state”.
According to the eviction notice signed by Hanga, his agents would be visiting the party headquarters on December 27 to inspect the property as stipulated in the contractual agreement to ensure that the property is restored to “proper state”.
The notice gave CPC until December 31 to move out of the building or face forceful eviction.
The eviction threat came on the heels of the closure of the CPC’s Presidential Campaign Office located at Wuse II in Abuja following similar request by another chieftain of the party, Alhaji Sule Hamman, to reclaim his property.
The move by Hanga is seen as having a lot to do with the
post-election leadership tussle that has pitted the former senator from Kano State against the present leadership of the party.
post-election leadership tussle that has pitted the former senator from Kano State against the present leadership of the party.
The building, a two-storey complex located at Plot 1132, Festus Okotie Eboh Crescent, Utako District in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, was acquired by the CPC under a two-year lease agreement for N30 million.
Hanga’s quit notice addressed to the CPC Director of Administration, was delivered last Friday by the Deputy Chairman (South-east) and close confidant of the senator, Mr. Ifeanyi Ozigbo.
In the tenancy agreement for the property, CPC is expected to notify the owner of its intention to retain the building three months to the expiration of the lease period.
However, Hanga said the party’s leadership did not comply with the terms of the agreement, hence he had decided to take appropriate steps to recover his property.
The protem chairman and his group had gone to court to challenge the authenticity of the national officers of the party under the chairmanship of Prince Tony Momoh on the ground that the convention that produced the leaders was illegally held.
Judgment in the case filed against the Momoh-led National Executive Council of CPC has been fixed for November 21.
However, THISDAY gathered that due to the bad blood generated by the leadership tussle and the freezing of the CPC account in three banks, the party was not able to meet up the requirement for the continued use of the party office.
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