The African Action Congress (AAC) says it removed Omoyele Sowore as National Chairman of the party over an alleged corruption case.
The party, in a statement also confirmed the installation of Leonard Ezenwa as the Acting National Chairman and also added that Ezenwa was until March 27 the National Secretary of the party.
“NEC had in a letter inviting the former National Chairman of the party dated March 13, 2019 accused him of misappropriation of funds and failure to comply with the statutory requirements of the party to hold NEC meeting over a long period of time.
“The party in the said seven day notice asked him to appear before the NEC to clear himself of the said allegation.
“The notice of seven day summon was in accordance with article 51 (i) (ii) and Article 52 (n) of the party constitution.
Sowore was alleged to have enjoyed “inflow of foreign funds into the party and retaining same personally in contravention of section 225, (3) (4) of the 1999 constitution.”
While Sowore had responded saying the those that suspended had long been suspended by the party, some copies of the suspension and query letters of Ezenwa, the former secretary of the AAC, who has now been installed as the Acting National Chairman by the party has also surfaced.
In one of the letters, Ezenwa was suspended by AAC for gross misconducts.