APC Disciplinary Panel Recommends Expulsion Of Timi Frank

BEVERLY HILLS, November 3, (THEWILL) – The Disciplinary Panel inaugurated to try Timi Frank, Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has recommended his expulsion from the party.

The panel, chaired by Solomon Edoja, submitted its report, signed by all the five members of the committee, to Utufam Etah, South-South Vice-Chairman of APC.

The panel urged the party leadership to suspend Frank immediately, and commence proceedings of expelling him from the party.

“Since the committee is not a father Christmas, it has no choice than to rely on the prima facie evidence tendered upon the petitioner, consequent upon which, the committee hereby recommends as follows;” the report read.

“That Timi Frank be suspended from the party forthwith in line with article 21D (f).

“That zonal executive committee should recommend to the NEC for the expulsion of Timi Frank from the party in line with article 21 D (h) (ii) and (iii).”

THEWILL recalls that the committee was set up by Etah following a petition forwarded to the party from an APC member in Akwa-Ibom state, Mr Aneka Akpabio.  

“We are going to sit in the public. People will be allowed to come and watch our proceedings,” Edoja had promised adding that the committee had two weeks to report to the regional office of the party

We will soon invite him to state his own side of the story. We are also going to invite the petitioner because the legal procedure is that you have to hear from both sides before you can reach the decision.

“We are going to subject our recommendation to the zonal executive committee for ratification. But, be that as it may, the APC wants to tell the world that the party is supreme, our constitution is supreme, and if there are infractions, we have to follow due process to attain whatever petition that comes before us.”

However, Frank dismissed the panel describing it as the “handiwork of my national chairman” saying he would not appear before it.

“I will only appear before a committee that will be constituted by respected party members because such a committee will enable me lay my complain about the party and I believe it will do what is right and take my complains to the next level.

“But how can I appear before a committee that will take its report to Oyegun to decide my fate. If by tomorrow the committee says then invited me and I refuse to appear and so, they found me guilty, I am ready to face the battle.”

Story by Oputah David

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