{"id":10081,"date":"2019-05-13T14:40:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T14:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=10081"},"modified":"2019-05-13T14:40:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T14:40:39","slug":"why-african-action-congress-suspended-sowore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/why-african-action-congress-suspended-sowore","title":{"rendered":"Why African Action Congress suspended Sowore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The African Action Congress (AAC) on Monday, suspended its presidential candidate in the 2019 general election, Omoyele Sowore as the national chairman of the party.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement of the suspension came on Monday during the party\u2019s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>According to the party\u2019s NEC, Sowore was suspended for alleged anti-party activities, failure to convene NEC meeting and financial misappropriation.<\/p>\n<p>The committee also announced that Sowore\u2019s suspension and that of other members of his executive would last for six months except overturned by a National Convention of the party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The African Action Congress (AAC) on Monday, suspended its presidential candidate in the 2019 general election, Omoyele Sowore as the national chairman of the party. 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