There is an apparent crack in the leadership of the Congress For Progressive Change (CPC) as a group from the southern part of the country dissociated itself from the suit filed by the party challenging the election of President Goodluck Jonathan in the just-concluded presidential election.
Rising from a one-day meeting in Enugu on Friday, the group maintained that its decision remained irreversible, stressing that the president won convincingly in the south.
The group also condemned the alleged plan to expel some southern leaders from the party, describing the action of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party as repugnant, obnoxious and objectionable, saying that it transcended constitutional limitations on their powers.
According to a statement issued by the Enugu State Chairman of the CPC, Emeka Okafor, the action of the party’s NEC in initiating the expulsion of some southern leaders from the party was a violation of the provisions of Article 8, section 31 (iv) of the CPC constitution, arguing that every member of the party has the right of fair hearing in all matters that affect him with regard to discipline.
The group therefore submitted, “that the NEC as presently constituted is illegal and does not have any legitimacy, since the record of its existence is not with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
“The purported expulsion of the eminent southern leaders from CPC is null, void and of no effect.
“That Several non-CPC governors have resolved to co-opt many CPC members into their cabinet and the INEC has not found the action of the willing CPC members sanctionable.
“We, the eminent CPC southern leaders, hereby give the impostor NEC of CPC seven days to retract its statement with regard to the expulsion and rescind their decision, failing which we shall in line with our resolution, institute legal proceedings to compel the retraction,” the statement added.
Rising from a one-day meeting in Enugu on Friday, the group maintained that its decision remained irreversible, stressing that the president won convincingly in the south.
The group also condemned the alleged plan to expel some southern leaders from the party, describing the action of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party as repugnant, obnoxious and objectionable, saying that it transcended constitutional limitations on their powers.
According to a statement issued by the Enugu State Chairman of the CPC, Emeka Okafor, the action of the party’s NEC in initiating the expulsion of some southern leaders from the party was a violation of the provisions of Article 8, section 31 (iv) of the CPC constitution, arguing that every member of the party has the right of fair hearing in all matters that affect him with regard to discipline.
The group therefore submitted, “that the NEC as presently constituted is illegal and does not have any legitimacy, since the record of its existence is not with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
“The purported expulsion of the eminent southern leaders from CPC is null, void and of no effect.
“That Several non-CPC governors have resolved to co-opt many CPC members into their cabinet and the INEC has not found the action of the willing CPC members sanctionable.
“We, the eminent CPC southern leaders, hereby give the impostor NEC of CPC seven days to retract its statement with regard to the expulsion and rescind their decision, failing which we shall in line with our resolution, institute legal proceedings to compel the retraction,” the statement added.
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