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ACN Lawmakers Punish Bamidele For Nursing Governorship Ambition

For what it described as the flouting of party directives and nursing governorship ambition for 2014 elections, members of the six-man Ekiti caucus in the … Continue reading ACN Lawmakers Punish Bamidele For Nursing Governorship Ambition


For what it described as the flouting of party directives and nursing governorship ambition for 2014 elections, members of the six-man Ekiti caucus in the House of Representatives have removed Michael Opeyemi Bamidele as chairman of the caucus.

Speaking in a press conference in Abuja, five of the lawmakers said the action was taken after Mr Bamidele failed to yield to several consultations on why his ambition was against the rules and regulations of their party, the Action Congress of Nigeria.

The new chairman of the caucus, Robinson Ajiboye, said the caucus will approach the leadership of the House of Representatives to also strip Mr Bamidele of his chairmanship of the house of legislative budget.

Mr Bamidele, on Saturday, disagreed with the leadership of the ACN that he should drop his governorship ambition in the 2014 election for incumbent governor, Kayode Fayemi.

The leadership of the party, including its national chairman, Bisi Akande, former governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu, among others, were at Ado Ekiti during the week where they endorsed Mr Fayemi for a second term and advised Mr Bamidele to “mellow down”.

But Mr Bamidele reportedly told his supporters that he is not ready to step down for Mr Fayemi and vowed to forge ahead with his ambition.