Almost a month after the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe State sent former Governor Danjuma Goje out of the party for alleged anti-party activities, the party has expelled Sen. Amos Bulus Kilawangs (Gombe South) for same reason.
Kilawangs, like Sen. Goje, was accused of working for the opposition during the general elections. Addressing newsmen, yesterday, APC Vice Chairman in Gombe South, Musa Awak, said his office would unconditionally abide by the decision of Kilawangs’ Bambam Ward in Balanga Local Council expelling him.
He said: “Though we are on the ground and following events as they unfold, we concede to the fact that the APC executive members at the ward level are closer to the people than us.
“Our major concern as democrats is fair hearing, and since we were satisfied that the senator was served notice to attend trials, which he ignored, we just have to abide by his expulsion,” Awak said.
Also, the Chairman of APC in Balanga, Ali Kachala, recalled: “When we invited him, he could not convince us that he did not work against APC at the just concluded elections. We remember he once boasted that no one could expel him; now that we have done just that, we await his reaction.”
APC Chairman in Bambam Ward, Muhammadu Kaka, regretted that Kilawangs’ stance at the election affected the fortunes of the party, as many candidates lost their election bids.
