Fierce critic of Oyegun, Timi Frank, suspended by APC

Apparently without delay, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has implemented its disciplinary committee advice and suspended Timi Frank, the party Deputy National Publicity Secretary.

Disclosing the latest event in the party on Friday, APC Vice-Chairman (South-South), Eta Hilliard, said the zonal committee had sanctioned the recommendations of the disciplinary committee on Thursday, for the suspension of Frank and subsequent sack, having thoroughly looked at it during “exhaustive deliberation”.

He said, “I received the report of the disciplinary committee setup to look into the allegations of embarrassing utterances and anti-party activities by Mr Timi Frank, the deputy national publicity secretary of this party. Incidentally, he’s from Bayelsa in the South-South zone.

“In furtherance of satisfying the provision of the constitution of the APC, I had to call for this emergency meeting of the zone and after very exhausting deliberation, the zone has arrived at the confirmation of the disciplinary committee’s report that one, Mr Timi Frank be suspended from the party forthwith in line with article 1 (d) and (f), having been accepted by this house, Mr Timi Frank hereby stands suspended by this party.

“Number two, this zonal committee shall recommend to the national executive committee (NEC) for the expulsion of Timi Frank from this party in line with Article 21 D H (2 and 3) of our constitution.”

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He went further to explain citing Article 21 of the party’s constitution, that the party could discipline any straying member at all levels.

“The party shall have power to discipline party members, the power shall be exercise on behalf of the party by the respective executive committee of the party at all levels. This constitution is radically different from the constitutions of parties that have preceded us. A lot of Nigerians assume that all political parties have the same constitution, ours is not the same as operated by the PDP, APGA or any other party out there so you must internalize the content of this constitution.

“I have heard him (Frank) make some assertions but I know they are not in our constitution.”
Frank has repeatedly criticised the APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, and has on many occasions called for his resignation, describing him as the major problem of the party.

Frank’s suspension, observers predict,  may ultimately pull the trigger on the brewing crisis in the party as he is believed to have the backing of a faction currently battling the presidency for control of the party leadership.

 

By Ebere Ndukwu …

 

 

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