ADC Suspends Kogi Party Chairman

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kogi State has suspended the state chairman of the party, Kingsley Temitope Oggah over alleged misappropriation of funds and gross misconduct amongst other offences.

This was made known in a statement on Monday by the State Deputy Chairman, MomohJimoh Sule Gomina after the state executive council meeting in Lokoja.

According to Gomina, the decision followed the vote of no confidence passed on the chairman by his ward executive on August 25, 2022, as 13 out of the 15 state executive members of the Kogi State chapter of the ADC signed for the suspension.

The ward executive had transmitted a letter of suspension to the LG executive and the state executive on September 9, 2022

The state executive after its meeting on Monday rectified the suspension and directed the secretary, Adaji John to take over the affairs of the party in the interim.

“Consequent on the development, working members of the State Executive Committee has adopted the vote of no confidence passed on him and the subsisting suspension order from the organs of the party in the state.

“Kingsley Temitope Oggah’s suspension was due to various anti-party activities, gross misconduct, unguarded utterances aimed at bringing the image of the party to disrepute, attempts to destabilize our great party through undue negative publicity in contravention of Article 6, section 1, 2 and 4; Article 22 section 6 and Article 32 which deals with the Oath of office.

“Other offences are the embezzlement of money meant for the Ward office accommodation; misappropriation of funds for the just concluded primary elections, and non-payment of wards dues.

“The State Secretary, Comrade Adaji John has been directed to take over all property of the party in possession of the suspended chairman, as well as direct the affairs of the party in the interim," the statement read.