The party acknowledged that the SGF's help was not essential to its presidential and governorship candidates' victories.
At a press conference in Yola, the chairman of Gwadabawa Ward announced that Mustapha had been suspended from his position because he was not committed to ensuring APC’s victory at the presidential election.
He said the party's decision followed complaints from his constituents, and no individual was above the organization that gave them a platform.
But in a sudden twist to the announcement of the indefinite suspension slammed on the SGF, the State Working Committee of the party under the leadership of the acting Chairman, Chief Samaila Tadawus, declared the announcement as “unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect.”
The Adamawa State APC SWC issued a directive to the Yola North local government executive committee, ordering that they form an immediate disciplinary committee to investigate and recommend appropriate action.
Secretary of the party, Dr. Raymond Chidama, who addressed journalists at the party secretariat on behalf of the SWC, frowned at the penchant of party members who were being sponsored by “opposition elements within the party with malicious intent to attack elders of the party through actions that flagrantly disregard the party’s constitution.”
He said, “We hereby state clearly that such suspension is unconstitutional, null and void and is of no effect, because the state working committee has warned the ward executives in the past to desist from this acts of targeting elders of the party and disregarding constitutional provisions, appropriate sanctions will be applied after thorough investigations.”
