Plateau APC Faction Suspends Chairman, Others

There appears to be no end in sight in the crises that rocked the Plateau State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) following the suspension of the state chairman, Hon Rufus Bature and the expulsion of the secretary to the government of the state, Prof. Danladi Abok Atu over alleged anti-party activities in the state.

The suspension which is coming barely few days to the February 25th presidential election in the state was carried out by factional chairman of the party, Hon Ishaya Itse and his executive members.

Addressing newsmen in the state, Hon Ishaya Itse faction said APC as a party is in dare need of reconciliation and pragmatic efforts to deliver its candidates across the state adding that this cannot be achieved with such individuals, misdirecting, and exhibiting actions capable of destroying the hard earned fortunes of the party.

But Bature the chairman of the party in the state in a swift reaction said as far as he is concerned there is no faction in APC in Plateau State.

According to him, Ishaya Itse who had been parading himself as a factional chairman of the party was expelled for breaching provisions of the APC constitution, anti- party activities, impersonation of party officia and creating parallel party organ in the state.

Bature alleged that Itse was expelled for engaging in fraudulent and dishonest practices and filing an action in court without exhausting avenues for redress amongst others.

He describe him as an impostor who wants to cause confusion in the state and called on the security operatives to as a matter of urgency arrest him and his cohorts for impersonating as APC chairman.