Lucky Obukohwo, reporting
The disciplinary committee set up to investigate the alleged anti-party activities leveled against the former Minority Whip representing Uhunmonde/Orhionmwon federal constituency Samson Osagie and others has said that their suspension from the party still stands pending the outcome of their findings.
This was contained in a statement signed by Barr. Daniel A. Noah Osa-Ogbegie,for the Disciplinary Committee, Â All Progressives Congress (APC) Uhunmwonde Local Government Area of Edo State and made available to Truth Live News in Benin City.
The letter was also sent to the Chairman, of APC Uhunmwonde LGA, the Leader, of APC Uhunmwonde LGA, the Vice Chairman, of APC Edo South, the Secretary, of APC Edo State, and the Chairman of APC, Edo State.
Osa-Ogbegie said the press statement flying around declaring them being freed did not come from them as the suspended persons were yet to appear before the committee set up to investigate the said anti-party activities leveled against them just as he said that Samson Osagie’s ward cannot upturn the decision of the party’s chairman in the Local Government Area.
“This is to inform the general public that in furtherance of ongoing investigations into allegations of anti-party activities and sabotage of the All Progressives Congress during the last set of elections in Uhunmwode Local Government Area levied against Hon. Samson Osagie, Hon. Roland Alari, Hon. Mrs. Esohe Idemudia, and eight others, that the earlier scheduled hearing will be held same time and same venue as earlier communicated to the alleged offenders.
“The Committee planned to carry on a quiet hearing until today when mischief makers went about spreading fake news of the “dismissal” of the earlier suspension.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the APC referred to by the reports the mischief makers shared on social media platforms is the ward executive of one of the alleged offenders.
“The Disciplinary Committee was set up by the Chairman of the APC in Uhunmwonde and his executives.
“It is not known among rational people that the less supersedes the greater.
“The only tiers of the APC the Local Government Executive answers to are the State executive and above.
“The resort to social media brigandage by supporters of some of these alleged offenders was unnecessary and should be condemned by all well-meaning Party members.
“We hereby use this opportunity to assure all of our fairness in this duty to our party. No one should be afraid if innocent of the allegations.
“We also advise the alleged offenders to stop playing to the gallery and trying to incite the public against the Committee.
“They should also stop going around threatening party members who volunteered to speak up.
“We are all tired of losing and are much more ready than before to do all within our power to reposition the party for the greater good of all.
” They should stop trying to interfere with our work by using their social media boys to attack party leaders and Committee members in order to distract us from carrying out this all-important assignment for our great Party.
“If we are ready to put the failures of the pasts behind us, no stone should be left unturned and there should be no sacred cows in turning the page to better days”, he said.
He however said those who do not have any business with the hearing stay off the venue as law enforcement agents will be heavily mobilized to provide maximum enforcement of security and order.
In his response, Osagie described the action of the secretary of the disciplinary committee as senseless noting that one`s ward can suspend a party member but he said in his case, his ward members well over 30 persons said that he (Samson) was never suspended and that why should a secretary of a committee be assuming duty that is not his.