By Ikechukwu Okaforadi
The Adamawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has removed its chairman, Ibrahim Bilal.
Twenty-five members of the State’s 36-member State Executive Committee signed a petition, on the strength of which the Exco effected the chairman’s removal on Monday.
The executives subsequently swore in the state Deputy Chairman, Samaila Tadawus as a replacement for Bilal.
In a Vote of no-Confidence on Bilal “over gross misconduct”, dated September 5, 2022, the party EXCO said, “We the undersigned members of the state executive committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State passed a vote of no confidence on the chairman of Adamawa State chapter of APC, Alhaji Ibrahim Bilal.
“Our resolve to take this line of action follows the failure of the chairman to respond to the allegations of gross misconduct levelled against him as provided for in the constitution. We view his failure to respond to the weighty allegations as an acceptance of guilt.”
The exco recalled how it had on the 26th of August, issued a formal complaint to three executive officers of the party, including Bilal, over constitutional violations, in line with the spirit of fair hearing, adding that while the other two people concerned responded, Bilal, did not.
They said Bilal as well as the secretary of the party, Mr. Raymond D. Chidama and the treasurer, Yahya Hammanjulde were given a seven-day grace to respond to the allegations, which elapsed on 1st September 2022.
“The secretary and the treasurer acknowledged receipt of our petition and promised to respond to us soon. But as at this day, the chairman of the party refused to respond to the grave allegations to clear his name,” the EXCO alleged.
They claimed that Bilal had even refused to come to Yola from his Abuja base.
“But while he was fiddling in Abuja, the party he is superintending in Adamawa is under serious threat of implosion as a result of unresolved complaints leading to pent-up anger in the party.”
