The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has formally
suspended Timi Frank, deputy national publicity secretary of the party.
Speaking with journalists on Friday, Eta Hilliard, APC
vice-chairman (south-south), said the zonal committee had approved the
recommendations of the disciplinary committee after an “exhaustive
deliberation”.
“I received the report of the disciplinary committee setup
to look into the allegations of embarrassing utterances and anti-party
activities by Mr Timi Frank, the deputy national publicity secretary of this
party,” he said.
“Incidentally, he’s from Bayelsa in the south south zone.
“In furtherance of satisfying the provision of the
constitution of the APC, I had to call for this emergency meeting of the zone
and after very exhausting deliberation, the zone has arrived at the
confirmation of the disciplinary committee’s report that one, Mr Timi Frank be
suspended from the party forthwith in line with article 1 (d) and (f), having
been accepted by this house, Mr Timi Frank hereby stands suspended by this
party.
“Number two, this zonal committee shall recommend to the
national executive committee (NEC) for the expulsion of Timi Frank from this
party in line with Article 21 D H (2 and 3) of our constitution.”
Citing Article 21 of the party’s constitution, he explained
that the party could discipline any erring member at all levels.
“The party shall have power to discipline party members, the
power shall be exercise on behalf of the party by the respective executive
committee of the party at all levels,” he said.
“This constitution is radically different from the
constitutions of parties that have preceded us. A lot of Nigerians assume that
all political parties have the same constitution, ours is not the same as
operated by the PDP, APGA or any other party out there so you must internalize
the content of this constitution.
“I have heard him (Frank) make some assertions but I know
they are not in our constitution.”
Frank has openly criticised the leadership style of John
Oyegun, the national chairman, and on several occasions called for his
resignation.
-CableN
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