The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress APC in Ekiti hit the rock as the State Executive Committee of the party suspend Governor Kayode Fayemi who is the party’s number one man in state.
A statement by the party on Friday said the governor was suspended due to “his numerous anti-party activities, especially his role in the recently concluded governorship election in Edo State, which is contrary to the provisions of Article 21 (A) (ii) of the APC Constitution.”
The statement was signed by Senator Tony Adeniyi and Senator Babafemi Ojudu among other APC leaders in the state.
APC said five days before the Edo election, Fayemi hosted Mr. Femi Fani- Kayode, a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain, in Ado Ekiti and planned a coup against Edo APC.
A second allegation against Governor Fayemi was that he played a role in the governorship election in Oyo State and supported the PDP candidate to defeat the APC candidate.
This is coming less than 48 hours after Babafemi Ojudu, a special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on political matters alongside 10 other members were suspended by another faction of the Ekiti state chapter of APC for ‘contravening’ the party’s directive.
They were suspended for allegedly disobeying the party’s directive and failure to withdraw cases instituted against the party in court.
The 10 other members suspended alongside Mr Ojudu are Oyetunde Ojo, Wole Oluyede, Ayo Ajibade, Femi Adeleye, Akin Akomolafe, Bamigboye Adegoroye, Olusoga Owoeye Dele Afolabi, Toyin Oluwasola and Bunmi Ogunleye.
The statement announcing the 11 member’s suspension was signed by Ade Ajayi, the party’s publicity secretary in Ekiti.
According to the statement by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Ade Ajayi, “the suspension is based on the recommendation of the investigative/disciplinary committee inaugurated by the SEC to investigate the disobedience of certain party members to the National Executive Committee (NEC) of 25th of June 2020, which directed members of the party not to institute any court action and to withdraw existing cases in court.”
