Yobe IPAC disaster deepens as sacked chairman, secretary reject impeachment

The tussle for management of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, in Yobe State has taken a brand new flip, after the embattled Chairman, Umar Adamu Jajere, and Secretary-General, Mustapha Gado, brazenly faulted the transfer to oust them.

In a joint assertion made accessible to newsmen on Saturday by the duo, they maintained that the reported impeachment has no authorized impact and that they proceed to pilot the affairs of the council.

Their response is coming at a time when the umbrella physique for registered events within the state is already battling inside challenges, with political actions step by step increase in the direction of the 2027 basic elections.

They stated the gathering the place the choice was taken failed to fulfill the required quorum.

According to them, neither the State Executive Council nor the State Assembly had as much as half of its members current, as demanded by Sections 8(ii) and eight(iv) of the Code.

Those who took half within the assembly and voted weren’t duly accredited. These individuals concerned had no written nomination from the state chairmen of their events, a requirement below Sections 4.2(a) and 15″, they alleged.

The two officers questioned how the assembly was known as, saying there was no written request endorsed by two-thirds of members, and the chairman was additionally denied the seven days’ discover prescribed in Section 8(vii).

They additionally faulted the disciplinary process, noting that no petition was ever forwarded to the Disciplinary Committee or to the Political Parties Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, and no probe was carried out earlier than the announcement of their removing.

The duo, due to this fact, cautioned that any particular person claiming to carry workplace within the Yobe IPAC by means of that train lacks lawful backing.

They additionally warned that members who took half within the stated assembly threat disciplinary measures, together with suspension, for allegedly breaching the council’s guidelines.

They appealed to the Yobe State Government, Yobe State Independent Electoral Commission, INEC and different stakeholders to deal solely with them because the genuine management of the council.

They disclosed that the nationwide headquarters of IPAC has already been knowledgeable of the state of affairs, consistent with Section 4.3 of the Code.

As of the time of submitting this report, the faction that introduced the removing had not issued any response.