{"id":10282,"date":"2019-05-17T17:37:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T17:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=10282"},"modified":"2019-05-17T17:37:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T17:37:45","slug":"why-aacs-suspension-of-sowore-as-chairman-does-not-stand-inec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/why-aacs-suspension-of-sowore-as-chairman-does-not-stand-inec","title":{"rendered":"Why AAC\u2019s suspension of Sowore as Chairman does not stand \u2013 INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it only recognises Mr. Omoyele Sowore as the substantive National Chairman of the African Action Congress (AAC).<\/p>\n<p>AAC days ago suspended Omoyele Sowore, chairman of the party.<\/p>\n<p>Ezenwa was earlier in the day announced as the new national chairman after the party said it had suspended Sowore for alleged corruption.<\/p>\n<p>But, INEC reacting in a statement signed by Rose Oriaran-Anthony, secretary to the commission on Friday said the electoral body only recognises Sowore as Chairman.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads: \u201cThe commission after reviewing the content of the letter has established the following.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no documentary evidence that a meeting of the AAC National Executive Committee (NEC) was convened by the National Chairman as required by Chapter 9 Section 59(a) of the Constitution of AAC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe party did not provide a 21-day notice of the NEC meeting as required by Section85(1) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are no minutes or evidence of attendance of the AAC National Executive Committee meeting where the National Chairman and eight (8) others were purportedly suspended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccordingly, the Commission shall continue to recognize and relate with Mr. Sowore Omoyele as the substantive national Chairman of the African Action Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it only recognises Mr. Omoyele Sowore as the substantive National Chairman of the African Action Congress (AAC). AAC days ago suspended Omoyele Sowore, chairman of the party. Ezenwa was earlier in the day announced as the new national chairman after the party said it had suspended Sowore [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":10284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,19],"tags":[518,251,667,674,533],"class_list":["post-10282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-beyond-the-news","tag-aac","tag-inec","tag-nec","tag-sowore","tag-suspension"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why AAC\u2019s suspension of Sowore as Chairman does not stand \u2013 INEC - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/why-aacs-suspension-of-sowore-as-chairman-does-not-stand-inec\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why AAC\u2019s suspension of Sowore as Chairman does not stand \u2013 INEC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it only recognises Mr. Omoyele Sowore as the substantive National Chairman of the African Action Congress (AAC). 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