Crisis is brewing within the members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State as a vote of no confidence was yesterday passed on its state chairman, Hon. Isaac Kekemeke.
The party’s State Executive Committee, SEC, sacked the state chairman and directed the Deputy state chairman, Ade Adetimehin to step in as state Chairman.
According to Abayomi Adesanya the Party’s Publicity Secretary, the chairman was sacked for “failing to discharge his responsibilities, neglect and dereliction of duty, among other offences.
Adesanya said, “The State Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, unanimously passed a vote of no confidence on the State Chairman, Hon. Isaacs Kekemeke on Thursday, 1st June 2017.
Abayomi that it was as a result of his failure “ to discharge his responsibilities, neglect and dereliction of duty, among other offences, in compliance with Article 21(D)(vi), of the Constitution of the APC, (October 2014 as amended). “A three-man fact-finding disciplinary committee was set up to investigate the former Chairman. He added that Ade Adetimehin has unanimously been chosen to act as the state chairman forthwith, pending the outcome of report of the three-man disciplinary committee.
Inside Sources gathered that the crisis within the party started before the last governorship election in the state. The state chairman’s support for Dr Segun Abraham against that of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu pitched him against many of the party leaders who have been calling for his removal.
