Chairperson of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Lauretta Onochie has been suspended from the All Progressives Congress in Delta State, IgbereTV has learned.
According to Focus Naija, following a review of her conduct during the just concluded general elections, executives of the party in Onicha-Olona, Ward 4 in Aniocha North approved her suspension from the party.
A copy of her suspension letter made available to our correspondent stated that she was found campaigning for candidates of opposition parties, especially the Peopleās Democratic Party, PDP. Her allies and supporters were said to have also worked for the PDP making the party to lost in her polling unit and beyond.
A loss of confidence issued on her disclosed that she has never met her financial obligations to the party neither does she attend Ward, LGA meetings or any of the partyās engagements alike.
The suspension letter signed by 27 Ward Executives reads thus;
LOSS OF CONFIDENCE AND SUSPENSION OF LORRETA ONOCHIE AS MEMBER OF THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESSļ¼APCļ¼IN ONICHA OLONA WARD 4ļ¼ANIOCHA NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA. DELTA STATE
Weļ¼the under listed are the ward executive members of the All Progressives Congress in Onicha-Olona ward 4ļ¼Aniocha LGAļ¼Delta State.
We have painstakingly reviewed the conduct of the just concluded general elections at all levels and have noted, with dismayļ¼that Lorreta Onochieļ¼who is one of the leaders of our great partyļ¼worked against the success of the party in Onicha-Olona Ward 4ļ¼and beyond.
Information available to us show very clearly that she was openly campaigning for candidates of opposition partiesļ¼especially the People’s Democratic Partyļ¼in the run-up to the Presidential and National Assemblyļ¼as well as the Governorship and State House of Assembly Election. It was also observed that all her allies and supporters were working for the PDP in the state. The evidence of this could be seen in the fact that the party lost in her polling unitļ¼unit 8ļ¼ward 4ļ¼in the Presidentialļ¼Senatorialļ¼House of Representativesļ¼Governorship and State Assembly Elections.
We also noted that she has failed to fulfill her financial obligations to the party and has never attended any wardļ¼LGA meetings or other party engagements.
In the light of these grievous infractions discovered in her as stated in Article 21.2ļ¼iļ¼ļ¼iiļ¼ļ¼we have lost confidence in her membership of the party and hereby suspend her from the party with immediate effect.
Thank you
