The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied reports that it had suspended Murtala Yakubu Ajaka, a member of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) and Deputy National Publicity Secretary.
In a letter dated March 20, Ajaka was allegedly suspended by the entire executive members of the APC, Ajaka Ward 1, Igalamela/Odolu Local Government Area of Kogi State, for alleged anti-party activities, insubordination, and gross misconduct.
In a swift response on Friday, the party’s ward chairman, Omale Danladi, and Ward Secretary, Suleiman Abubakar, denied authoring any letter suspending Ajaka.
Danladi went on to say that the alleged suspension letter is a forgery, pointing out that one of the document’s signatories, Danjuma Sani Ejika, died in 2022.
Part of the letter reads;
We, the leadership of our great Party, the All Progressives Congress APC, Ward 1, Ajaka in Igalamela/Odolu Local Government Area of Kogi State wish to and hereby deny the purported letter of your suspension alongside all the allegations contained therein in entirety, as they are completely frivolous, false and a calculated attempt by political enemies to tarnish the image of the generality of Ward 1 Party Excos and to distract and frustrate your selfless political ambition.
The falsehood and mischief of the mischief makers becomes more glaring from the inclusion of the name and signature of our deceased Exco member by the name Danjuma Sani Ejika (Welfare Secretary) who died on 13th April, 2022 on a purported document containing the names and signatures of Ajaka Ward 1 Exco members present at the purported meeting whereat the decision to suspend you was reached.
What is more, the place, date and time when we, the Ajaka Ward 1 leadership of our great party reached the purported decision to suspend you is not stated on the letter.
While we regret all the inconveniences and pandemonium occasioned by this mischievous act of the political enemies, may we use this medium to reiterate our unalloyed support for you before, during and after the elections and to further assure you that, with your unmatched records and by the grace of God, your victory in the forthcoming elections is assured.