The All Progressives Congress has suspended one of its chieftains in Rivers State, Fubara Dagogo, indefinitely over allegations of gross misconduct, anti-party activities and conduct capable of bringing the party into disrepute.
The suspension was carried out by the ward executive committee of Ward 4, Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State, following a meeting held on March 16.
The action came on the heels of Dagogo’s decision to drag the ruling party before the Federal High Court in Abuja, where he sought to halt the party’s planned national convention.
In his suit, Dagogo alleged that he was unfairly excluded from contesting for the position of National Vice-Chairman, Southsouth, despite paying N5.1million for the nomination form, which the party subsequently refused to issue to him.
He had prayed the court to suspend the Southsouth zonal Congress, declare him eligible for the nomination form and void any election conducted without his participation, while also demanding N100million in damages for wrongful exclusion.
The Chairman of Ward 4 Bonny APC, Richard Ibani, confirmed that the resolution was reached at the committee’s meeting and was jointly signed by the Ward Secretary, Donald Jumbo, and 21 other members of the executive committee.
According to the resolution, Dagogo was accused of breaching the APC Constitution, engaging in anti-party activities, flouting party rules, disobeying lawful directives of the party and making unguided statements demeaning to party leaders within and outside Rivers State.
The ward leaders said the offences were in contravention of Article 21.2 (I), (II) and (VII) of the APC Constitution of 2022, as amended.
In the resolution, the ward executive stated: “The ward exco has always advised its members to desist from actions capable of ridiculing our party, but your recent actions have shown that you are not willing to respect and abide by the constitution and actions of our great party.”
The committee added that the suspension took immediate effect and directed the state secretariat to endorse the resolution with the necessary consequential actions.
