The Public Relations Officer of the All People’s Congress (APC) party, Sidi Yaya Tunis, has confirmed that Dr Samura Kamara plans to remove all his personal belongings in the APC headquarters.
According to Tunis, Doctor Samura is no more a leader of the APC party as mandated by the APC constitution.
“The decision for the removal of Dr Samura Kamara as APC party leaders is constitutional and it is not a plot by the executive.
Tuinis made the disclosure through interview at the Radio Democracy 98.1 fm.
He has also clarifies regarding the recent handover of office keys by Hon. Chernor Maju Bah, stating that it is constitutional.
Tunis revealed that Hon. Chericoco has not resigned from the party, nor did he step down as the former deputy leader. The handover of his office was carried out in strict adherence to the APC’s 2022 Constitution.
Section 47(iv) of the constitution mandates that if the leader or deputy leader of the party fails to win a presidential election, they must relinquish their positions within six months after the announcement of the election results by the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone.
Tuinis said Dr. Samura Kamara has agreed to vacate the office his position when they met last year in December.
“In that meeting, we candidly discussed the constitutional provision and your commitment to adhering to it,” the Secretariat said. “You candidly accepted without hesitation that your role as flagbearer and leader of the party would cease.” He said
The APC PRO added that their decision is also based on a meeting they held last year in December in which they agreed for Dr. Samura Kamara to lead the party in the Tripartite Committee and that his leadership in that Committee did not mean that he was still a leader of the party.
The Secretariat, in the letter, requested that their former leader vacate the office of the Leader at their party headquarters in Brookfields, Freetown since the Tripartite Committee has completed their work.
“We respectfully request that you return the keys to the National Leader’s office to the undersigned within a week of receiving this letter,” the Secretariat noted in one of the meeting.
Political analysts have already predicted that there is a deep divide with the leadership of the APC and that this if continued, could cost them losing the 2028 elections.
Meanwhile, the PRO confirmed that Dr Samura Kamara has stated pull his belongings out of the office and they hope that in the shortest possible time the chairman will take full control of the headquarters.