The executive committee of the Aniocha North All Progressives Congress in Delta State, has nullified the purported suspension order on Madam Lauretta Onochie by the APC Onicha-Olona ward 04 executive in the local government area.
A statement signed by Sir Matthew Chinye and Pastor David Onwuamaeze, the party’s LGA Chairman and secretary respectively, on behalf of a seventeen person executive, noted that ”the ward executive erred by not communicating perceived allegations against Madam Onochie to the LGA executive, a body statutorily recognized as the adjudicatory body in the first instance, as enshrined in section of 21 of the party’s constitution, but rather shunted the due process by contacting the state executive committee.
The release further posited that after a painstaking scrutiny, it was discovered that majority of signatories to the said suspension, were impersonators as executive members, which is an offence going by section 21A(iv) of the party constitution.
Similarly, the executive body faulted the ward 4 executive of “placing the cart before the horse” as it’s purported suspension order had gone viral, ostensibly disseminated by some of the perpetrators of the illegal act.
The resolution however, maintained that even as the APC ward 04 shunned due process in handling the situation, the LGA executive committee will immediately set up fact finding/disciplinary committee to ascertain the allegations and breaches of due process.
“Nevertheless, this new position nullifies the suspension of Ms. Lauretta Onochie until the fact finding committee’s adjudication on the matter is made known. This we shall do in good fate and with regards to the provisions of the party constitution,” it stated.