The Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expelled 30 members of the party for instituting legal actions against it.
The affected members include some aspirants seeking tickets to contest for seats in the National Assembly.
With their expulsion, they may no longer be eligible to participate in the party’s primary elections.
Speaking shortly after a meeting of the State Executive Committee (SEC) of the party, the State Publicity Secretary, Dr. Sir Valentine Iyiegbu, told journalists that the action was in line with Section 21, Subsection 5 of the party’s constitution.
According to him:
“The party discussed those who took the party to court, and many of them are contesting for the House of Representatives tickets of the party.
“The matter comes up tomorrow, and the SEC stated that what the party constitution stipulates would be followed, which is outright expulsion from the party under Article 21, Subsection 5.
“The SEC actually ratified their expulsion because they did not exhaust all the internal avenues provided by the party to resolve their grievances.”
Iyiegbu noted that the only reprieve available to the expelled members would be for them to withdraw their cases from the court.
“It is only when the matters are withdrawn from the court that the party can consider listening to them,” he said.
Speaking on the party’s primary elections, he explained:
“In the case of those contesting for the tickets for the Federal House of Representatives, all eleven positions have aspirants. In the case of the Senate, the three available positions are also being contested for, and the screening committees were here to perform their duties.”he said.
The party also ratified the appointment of a five-member Primary Elections Committee headed by Sir Izuchukwu Okeke, the State Organising Secretary of the party.
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