The national working committee
(NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended Ibikunle Amosu and
Rochas Okorocha, governors of Ogun and Imo states receptively, from the party.
The NWC has also recommended
their expulsion from APC to the national executive committee (NEC).
The decisions were taken at the
NWC meeting on Friday afternoon in Abuja where allegations of “anti-party
activities” were levelled against the governors.
Amosun and Okorocha were both
elected senators on the platform of APC on Saturday but they are backing
different candidates for the March 9 governorship election.
The duo fell out with the
leadership of the APC after failing to secure the gubernatorial tickets of the
ruling party for their preferred candidates.
While Okorocha threw his weight
behind Uche Nwosu, his son-in-law, Amosun rallied round Adekunle Akinlade, a
serving member of the house of representatives.
Shortly after the primaries of
the APC, Nwosu and Akinlade defected to other parties where they emerged
gubernatorial candidates.
In Ogun, Akinlade clinched the
ticket of Allied Peoples Movement (APM) while Nwosu emerged as the flagbearer
of the Action Alliance (AA).
Okorocha and Amosun campaigned
for their candidates at APC rallies. This led to a break down of law and order
when President Muhammadu Buhari led his reelection team to Abeokuta, capital of
the state.
Supporters of APM who trooped to
the MKO Abiola Stadium where the rally held, had pelted Buhari with stones when
he presented Dapo Abiodun as APC guber candidate.
Security operatives shielded the
president and the programme ended abruptly.
The party had vowed to take
disciplinary actions against Amosun over the incident.
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