The crisis rocking the Action Alliance (AA) has  deepened as it announced the suspension of its National Chairman, Tunde Anifowose-Kelani.

The party also referred his matter to the disciplinary committee, the same organ was asked  to investigate the allegations leveled against the party's National Leader, Taiwo Otegbeye.

A statement signed by Anaukyaa Mnenge Peter and Chukwuemeka Okoli both the National Legal Adviser and National Publicity Secretary respectively, and made available to CEOAFRICA news desk on Saturday said this was part of the resolutions made at the meeting of the highest caucus of the party, the National Think-Tank Committee (NTTC) held in Abuja on Thursday.

At the meeting, where a special convention committee under Olu Omotoso, the party's South-West Zonal Secretary was set up, it was stated that the decision to suspend Kelani was based on conduct unbecoming of a holder of such position based on Articles 38 and 15 (5a).

The meeting was convened in compliance with the party's constitution, Article 15,Section 'E', paragraph 31, 32 and 33 of the INEC guidelines and regulations for political parties, 2013". 

Presided over by the National Vice-Chairman (South-West) Chief M.A. Adenekan, the meeting mandated the Deputy National Chairman, Alhaji Abubakar Mohammed "to be statutorily performing all the functions of the Chairman as required until the investigations of the complaints and allegations of gross misconduct against him are completed". 

The statement equally added that "the disciplinary committee was mandated to commence the investigation of the allegation of gross misconduct against the party's National Leader, Taiwo Ibiyemi Otegbeye in compliance with the Article 38 of the party's constitution".

It was also resolved that the interim executive councils in four of the states of the federation, Oyo, Ondo, Kaduna and Anambra be dissolved for lack of proper composition.

Reacting to his suspension, Kelani said the meeting where he was suspended was illegal, alleging that the two people who signed the release had been expelled by the party at its purported congress in February.