The African Action Congress (AAC) on Monday, 13th May, have suspended its National Chairman and 2019 presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore and nine others over alleged corruption and abuse of office.

This was communicated through a communique read by Mazi Okwy, a member of the party’s National Executive Committee.

The suspension according to the party will last for six months, therefore appointing Leonard Nzenwa, as the new national chairman of AAC.

The decision of the party, according to the communique, signed by the acting National Chairman, Leonard Nzenwa and the Deputy National Secretary, Abayomi Francis Olufemi, was the resolution of the National Executive Committee of the AAC, at its 2nd National Executive Committee meeting, held on Wednesday, 27th March, 2019, at  Abuja.

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The party accused Mr Sowore of “deliberate inability to convene or hold the constitutionally mandated quarterly meetings of the National Executive Committee and other organs of the party.”

The NEC also said Sowore is being suspended for alleged anti-party activities and financial misappropriation.

In the same vein, Sowore have quickly taken to twitter disputing this news and accusing unknown persons of trying to distract Nigerians from the N500billion Central Bank Scandal in which Godwin Emefiele is allegedly directly involved.

“Sowore suspended from @aacparty as Chairman” kindly ignore but don’t forget that they needed some distraction from the @cenbank N500billion scandal.”