KOGI WEST APC ZONAL LEADERSHIP CONFUSED, DISPLAYS LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF PARTY CONSTITUTION OVER KARIMI’S ALLEGED SUSPENSION – CONCERNED APC MEMBERS
By Concerned APC Members in Kogi West
The attention of concerned members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi West Senatorial District has been drawn to the purported suspension of Senator Sunday Karimi by the Kogi West APC Zonal Working Committee, led by Hon. Emmanuel Ayo Aledare, and the subsequent announcement of a seven-man panel to investigate allegations of party disloyalty against the senator.
We consider this development a clear demonstration of confusion within the Kogi West APC Zonal Leadership and a disturbing indication of its inability to properly interpret and apply the provisions of the APC Constitution.
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One is compelled to ask: Does Hon. Emmanuel Ayo Aledare understand what the APC Constitution says about the suspension of a party member? Has he carefully read and understood the constitutional provisions before signing the purported suspension notice?
His actions suggest a serious misunderstanding of the party’s constitutional procedures. It is unfortunate that someone occupying the position of Zonal Chairman would make such a consequential pronouncement without demonstrating a clear understanding of the constitutional limits of his office.
For the avoidance of doubt, the constitutional procedure for suspending Senator Sunday Karimi as an APC member must begin with his ward executive committee in his home ward in Yagba West Local Government Area. The appropriate local government, state and national organs of the party can only exercise their respective powers in accordance with the APC Constitution and applicable disciplinary procedures.
The Kogi West Zonal Working Committee cannot jump constitutional procedures or arrogate to itself powers that have not been expressly vested in it by the party’s Constitution.
More disturbing is the contradiction in the committee’s announcement. How can a committee declare a member suspended while simultaneously setting up an investigative panel to investigate allegations against him? Does the committee understand the difference between investigation, recommendation and the actual exercise of disciplinary powers under the party’s Constitution?
If the investigation is yet to be concluded, what is the justification for imposing a suspension beforehand?
We challenge Hon. Emmanuel Ayo Aledare to publicly identify the specific provisions of the APC Constitution that empower the Kogi West Zonal Working Committee to suspend Senator Sunday Karimi as an APC member.
The APC is not anybody’s personal property. Party positions do not confer unlimited authority, and no individual or committee should be allowed to operate outside the provisions of the party’s Constitution.
We therefore call on the Kogi State APC leadership and the National Working Committee to intervene and ensure that constitutional provisions, fairness and due process are respected.
Senator Sunday Karimi deserves fair hearing, just like every other member of the party. Political disagreements must not be turned into instruments of intimidation, victimisation or unconstitutional disciplinary actions.
Our message to Hon. Emmanuel Ayo Aledare is simple: Before preaching party discipline and constitutional supremacy, endeavour to understand the Constitution you claim to be enforcing. Nobody is above the APC Constitution, including those occupying party leadership positions.
SIGNED:
Concerned Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kogi West Senatorial District.
DemocracyNewslineNewspaper November 11th, 2026
