The Rivers State Executive Committee of the All Progressive Congress, APC, on Wednesday suspended the party chairman, leader Emeka Beke, and legal counsel, Iheanyichukwu Azubuike, for alleged anti-party activities and financial misconduct.
Additionally, the SEC has shied away from alleged comments by former Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi that President-elect Bola Tinubu single-handedly appointed Professor Mahmood Yakubu as Chairman of the Independent National Election Commission.
The special head of the party’s executive committee in the state, Chike Eyinda, who led other members to a press conference in Port Harcourt, revealed Wednesday.
Eyinda noted that Beke and Amaechi’s activities have damaged the party over the past two years, culminating in the party’s disastrous defeat in the recently concluded general election.
He said,
“We, the members of the State Executive Committee, therefore resolve as follows: That Chef Emeka Beke, the chairman of the APC in Rivers State, is hereby suspended indefinitely for anti-party activities, gross misconduct and financial mismanagement pending the outcome of an independent committee of inquiry as may be set up by the party.
“That until the outcome of the committee of inquiry, Mr. Omiete Eferebo, the deputy chairman assumes the office of the acting chairman with immediate effect.
“That Mr. Iheanyichukwu Azubuike, the Legal Adviser of the party also stands suspended for anti-party activities and financial mismanagement pending the outcome of the committee of inquiry.”
He further said the trio of Amaechi, Beke, and Azubuike had since 2021 held the Rivers APC on her kneels.
Enyinda stated,
“These leaders have been responsible for the mass exodus of members of the party as well as the failures experienced by the party in the just concluded general elections in the state.
“To demonstrate this, Rt. Hon. Amaechi, who contested and lost the Presidential primary to the President elect, Bola Tinubu, in active connivance with the state chairman and the legal adviser, a week to the presidential election, called the leadership of the party to a meeting and directed all the APC members in the state to work for the PDP in the general election.
“That Mr. Iheanyichukwu Azubuike, the Legal Adviser of the party also stands suspended for anti-party activities and financial mismanagement pending the outcome of the committee of inquiry.”
He further said the trio of Amaechi, Beke, and Azubuike had since 2021 held the Rivers APC on her knees.
Enyinda stated,
“These leaders have been responsible for the mass exodus of members of the party as well as the failures experienced by the party in the just concluded general elections in the state.
“To demonstrate this, Rt. Hon. Amaechi, who contested and lost the Presidential primary to the President elect, Bola Tinubu, in active connivance with the state chairman and the legal adviser, a week to the presidential election, called the leadership of the party to a meeting and directed all the APC members in the state to work for the PDP in the general election.
