APC south-south exco sacks Giadom, Amaechi’s ally, as chairman

The All Progressives Congress (APC) south-south zonal executive committee has sacked Victor Giadom as its chairman.

The south-south zonal committee at an extraordinary meeting held in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital, on Saturday, also removed Ita Udosen as its secretary.

In a resolution issued after the meeting, the party members accused Giadom, who is an associate of Chibuike Amaechi, former Rivers governor, of “sabotage”.

The committee members said Giadom had rejected calls to run an “efficient, transparent and accountable” administration.

“The zonal chairman has consistently refused, aborted and frustrated every effort to hold meetings to coordinate and strategise on how to win the general elections in the zone and caused members of the zonal executive committee disunity and frustration in their efforts to win votes for the party and this affected the collective performance of the party at the zone,” the resolution read.

“The zonal chairman has bluntly refused to accept or receive complaints and petitions from the states that make up the zone.”

The party zonal members said Giadom has “sabotaged every effort to make the zonal party secretariat operational and functional in the interest of all the members of the party in the zone leaving members and leaders in the zone to resort to self-help thereby encouraging intra-party disputations”.

“That the zonal chairman refused to account for the funds remitted by the national body to the zonal body and donations from the party’s faithful for the running of the affairs of the zone.

“In consideration of the aforementioned reasons, we hereby pass a vote of no confidence on him as the zonal chairman and he is hereby removed as the zonal chairman of the zonal executive committee of the party.”

The APC south-south zonal committee appointed Blessing Agbomhere and Edet Asia to replace Giadom and Udosen respectively.

Those who signed the resolution include Agbomhere, Asia, Ebimobowei Oyas, zonal youth leader; and Cynthia Princewill, zonal women leader.

The executive committee asked all members in the south-south to henceforth contact the APC liaison office in Cross River state for matters concerning the party.