—- Says removal is a breach of party’s constitution
By Dayo Johnson Akure
Suspended chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Ondo state, Hon. Olaide Rasheed Ibraheem, has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the partys national leadership to reinstate him failure of which he threatened a legal action.
Hon. Ibraheem said he was elected as the state chairman of the party through a duly conducted state congress held on October 7, 2020.
According to him the party’s Congress was witnessed by security agencies.and others as stipulated in the electoral act.
He added that no other state Congress has been conducted in the state since his election into office.
The suspended chairman who said that he solely financed the party’s activities in the state, noted that there were no political office holders or subvention to support the party during his tenure.
Ibraheem declared that the affairs of the party were conducted strictly in line with ADC constitution.
He alleged that on November 28, 2024, he was removed from office by the National Chairman of the party, Mr. Raphael Nwosu, in what he described as an embarrassing and unceremonious manner.
The action, according to him was unconstitutional and violated the principle of party supremacy as provided in Article 2 of the party’s constitution.
According to him “the ADC constitution does not empower the National Chairman to remove a duly elected state chairman.
Ibraheem accused Nwosu of acting ultra vires by unilaterally dissolving state and local government executives without due process or recourse to the party’s constitution.
On why he’s just calling for his reinstatement, lbraheem, said he had to delayed making the issue public in the hope that well-meaning elders of the party would persuade the National Chairman to reverse ” the mistake”
” But unfortunately, the grace mistake was not corrected by the leadership of the party.
He said that the party’s national leadership, by that singular act ignored Article 18 of the constitution by failing to convene any congress before taking actions capable of throwing the Ondo State chapter into crisis.
He therefore warned that failure to reinstate him, alongside the state and local government executives removed within 14 days, would compel them to seek redress in court.
Ibraheem asked the national leadership of the party to urgently take corrective measures to restore constitutional order and prevent an internal crisis within the the party in the state.
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