The Labour Party has passed a vote of no confidence on the Chairman of its Niger State chapter, Alhaji Musa Mohammed, for breach of trust, misappropriation of party funds and divide and rule tactics.
This is coming less than 24 hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission postponed the general elections.
The national secretariat of the party has upheld the vote of no confidence passed on Mohammed.
Following this, Mohammed has been suspended from office forthwith.
In a statement signed by its National Secretary, Barrister Olukayode Ajulo, and made available to our Correspondent in Minna on Sunday, the party said the chairman was suspended for indulging in frivolous activities in the state.
According to the statement: “Musa is fond of instigating members against each other; he diverted party funds paid by an aspirant into his personal account thereby incurring the wrath of the national body of the party.
“Without permission from the National headquarters, he removed the sum of One hundred thousand naira (N100,000), money meant for the payment of expression of interest fees by one of the party aspirant in the state.”
Musa was further accused of not co-opting the Nigeria Labour Congress and other trade unions in the state to participate in the party’s activities despite their efforts and interest in the party as well as for not keeping proper records.
Furthermore, the statement said the former chairman withheld serious and sensitive information from the state executive members and failed to involve female party members in the activities of the party.
According to Ajulo: “The former chairman would soon appear before a disciplinary committee of the party at the appropriate time.”
In the same vein, Musa has been directed to hand over all party’s properties in his possession to Comrade Musa Suleiman, who is now the state’s acting chairman of the party.
This will be pending the convocation of a state congress to elect a substantive chairman in the state, while all other positions as they were elected at the state congress, still stand.