The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Cross River State Chapter, Barr. Alphonsus Eba, has summoned a meeting involving key stakeholders of the party over the suspension of Governor Bassey Otu’s Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Helen Isamoh.
In a press release signed by Hon Emmanuel Edem Inyang, State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Eba directed all Chapter Chairmen and Secretaries to meet on Friday, 19th July 2024, at 10 am, at the Party Secretariat in Calabar.
He also directed the the State Executive Committee, Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, and stakeholders in Biase Local Government Area to be part of the meeting, at 12 pm.
“I have the directives of the State Chairman of our party, Alphonsus Ogar Eba Esq JP to invite the following categories of persons to a meeting at the Party Secretariat on Friday, 19th July 2024. They are:
1) All Chapter Chairmen and Secretaries of our party. Time 10:00 am.
2) Biase LGA Chapter Executive Members, Members of the State Executive Committee, all members of Umon North Ward Executive, the Hon. Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation CRS and Senior Stakeholders from Umon North Ward in Biase LGA. Time. 12:00 Noon.
“Please note that attendance is mandatory,” the press statement added.
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Converseer reports that the APC in Umon North Ward in Biase, on Tuesday, suspended the Cross River State Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs, Dr Helen Isamoh.
Isamoh’s suspension was announced during a press conference in Calabar, by the APC Chairman, Umon North Ward, Mr Igobi Kanu Ettan, with all the ward executive members in attendance.
Igobi said a five-man fact-finding committee set up by the party pursuant to Article 21 (B) of the party constitution to investigate the alleged act of misconduct against the Commissioner on 21st February 2022, recommended her indefinite suspension from the party. READ MORE HERE.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner, Dr Isamoh, in response to her suspension on Tuesday, said the party officials who suspended her lacked the moral right to do so, describing the action as null and void.
“Those who are giving me suspension as they put it do not have that right. As far as I am concerned, it is null and void. The reason being that I never received any letter of gross misconduct or suspension from my local ward. I have a case of attempted conspiracy to kidnap and murder me against the perpetrators of the purported suspension with the Nigeria police and the matter is in court. That’s why they are trying hard to distract the attention of the investigation and the public,” Isamoh said.
