In a five-paragraph resignation letter dated September 13, 2022, and addressed to the national chairman of the APC, Bilal noted that he would remain a member of the party.
The embattled Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, Ibrahim Bilal, has resigned.
In a five-paragraph resignation letter dated September 13, 2022, and addressed to the national chairman of the APC, Bilal noted that he would remain a member of the party.
The party's national vice chairman, northeast zone, Mustapha Salihu announced Bilal's resignation in an internal memo on September 13, 2022.
The memo, seen by SaharaReporters reads in parts: "Sequel to the various consultations and meetings cutting across different levels of the party, I write to inform you that the Chairman Adamawa State APC chapter, Alh. Ibrahim Bilal has tendered his immediate resignation."
On September 5, 2022, SaharaReporters reported that the APC State Working Committee (SWC) passed a vote of no confidence on Bilal after raising several allegations of corruption and anti-party activities against him.
SaharaReporters obtained the APC SWC’s release detailing the allegations raised against Bilal.
The committee said, “Our resolve to take this line of action follows the failure of the chairman to respond to the allegations of gross misconduct leveled against him as provided for in the constitution. We view his failure to respond to the weighty allegations as acceptance of guilt.
“On the 26 August 2022, twenty-five members of the state executive committee issued a formal complaint to three executive officers of the party over constitutional violations which constitute gross misconduct in line with the spirit of fair hearing as provided by the constitution.
“The persons involved are the chairman of the party, Alh. Ibrahim Bilal, the secretary of the party, Mr. Raymond D. Chidama and the treasurer of the party Alh. Yahya Hammanjulde. They were given seven-day grace to respond to the allegations which elapsed on 1st September 2022.
“The secretary and the treasurer acknowledged receipt of our petition and promised to respond to us soon. But as at this day, the chairman of the party refused to respond to the grave allegations in other to clear his name. In fact, he has even refused to come to Yola from his Abuja base where he has permanently relocated.”
“Our complaint against the chairman; 1. The chairman has through dubious means deceived the aspirants of the party and collected huge sums of monies from them running into hundreds of millions of naira. 2. The chairman sold many vehicles belonging to the party and did not remit a dime to the secretariat.
“3. The chairman has shrouded the finances of the secretariat in secrecy and has been running the affairs of the party like a personal investment with no checks and balances and without auditing since he came on board. 4. The chairman has converted some properties of the secretariat into personal use.
“5. The chairman because of his nonchalant attitude to the party didn't attend the gubernatorial primaries election; he wasn't at the venue throughout. 6. He is living in stupendous opulence beyond his legitimate earnings enabling him to have a number of choice properties in Yola and Abuja.
“The chairman bought an eight seater bus at the cost of N29 million without consultation or due approval of the exco or any organ of the party as stipulated in the constitution…it is on this premise that we the concerned and discerning exco desirous of restoring the lost glory of the party felt that we must put a stop to this descent before the chairman under whose care the party lost power in the state in 2019 to People's Democratic Party (PDP) administers the final death knell on it and hence this resolve.
“From our investigations and findings, we are able to ascertain that, Bilal has misappropriated huge amounts of resources belonging to the party at the detriment of its growth and welfare of its members to such extent that while the chairman is swimming in opulence and living ostentatious lifestyle, other party excos have become over pauperized and clutching for life support.
“Going by the gravity of the offences committed by the chairman, we hereby invoke the above article to pass a vote of no confidence on him and hand over the case to relevant security agencies for the various infractions he committed.”
