Anti-party activities: APC sets up panel to probe Gov Bello

                                                 Yahaya  Bello, Kogi State Governor
An eleven-man disciplinary committee has been constituted to probe alleged
anti-party activities of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state.
The committee headed by Senator Dino Melaye was constituted at a crucial
meeting in Abuja on Monday, June 13, The Punch reports.
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state
Those at the meeting were members of the All Progressives Congress in the
National Assembly from Kogi state, House of Assembly members, executive
of the party in the state and prominent party leaders from the state.

Governor Bello was accused of appointing card-carrying members of the
Peoples Democratic Party in the state as commissioners, special advisers
and councils’ caretaker committee members.
He was said to have made all the appointments without carrying the party
along.
The Kogi APC leaders said: “Out of the 15 Commissioners he (Bello)
appointed, PDP has 13 card-carrying members while APC has two. Out of the
105 members of the caretaker committee members for the 21 local
government councils, PDP has 72 while APC has 33.
“Out of the 28 people he appointed as special advisers and senior special
assistants, PDP has 24, APC has one, APGA has one, Labour has one, Accord
has one.”
At the end of their meeting that lasted three hours, the party resolved that
the disciplinary committee will review the various allegations leveled against
the governor and report back within seven days.
Part of the resolution reads: “After much deliberation, the House noted that
Governor Yahaya Bello has substantially breached the provision of Article
21of the constitution of the APC. The House, therefore resolved to constitute
a disciplinary committee of 11 members to invite Governor Yahaya Bello and
give him the desired fair hearing .”

The party said it acted based on the Article 12 (8) of the APC constitution, to
convey the meeting and agreed to set up the committee made up of
members from the three senatorial districts of the state to invite the
governor, for necessary questioning.
According to the party, it had to take action following an alleged decision of
the governor to rebuff all attempts to hold a meeting with the state working
committee of the party since he was sworn-in as governor.
The APC threatened to take necessary disciplinary actions against Governor
Bello in accordance with the party constitution, in case he chooses to
disregard the party resolution.
Members of the disciplinary committees are Hon. S.T.Adejoh
(secretary), Senator Mohammed Ohiare, Senator Abubakar Abdulrahman,
Senator Nicholas Ugbane and Alhaji Haddy Ametuo, the APC chairman in
Kogi state.
Others are Hon.Buba Jibril, Hajia Hajara Aliyu, Hon. Folasade Joseph and
Hon. Suleiman Ali.
Bello was picked as the governorship candidate by the APC following the
death of the party’s flag bearer, Abubakar Audu who died on November 21,
during an ongoing election exercise.