By William Madouk<\/p>\n
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South Sudan Patriotic Movement (SSPM) has removed Hussien Abdelbagi Akol from being the acting deputy chairman.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Costello Garang Riiny, leader of group announced relegation of Abdelbagi on Thursday.<\/p>\n Few days after losing Vice president seat, Abdelbagi has again lost a second seat in SSPM party.<\/p>\n Abdelbagi and Costello have been at odds since the former announced removal of party chairman from the command of South Sudan Patriotic Movement.<\/p>\n However, Dr. Costello issued a contrary statement citing that he is still the boss, and that Hussien is suspended from the party pending investigation.<\/p>\n In a suspension order seen by this outlet, Costello stated that Abdelbagi was suspended for violating Article 38 (i, ii, viii, x, xi, and xv) of the party constitution, which states that members must follow party rules.<\/p>\n It also includes; Article 39 (iv, vi and vi) that \u2018prohibits acts that undermine the party\u2019s unity, integrity and objectives.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cThis order shall be cited as chairman\u2019s order No. 01\/2025 for the removal and dismissal of Mr. Hussien Abdelbagi Akol, as the Acting Deputy Chairman of the South Sudan Patriotic Movement,\u201d Costello noted.<\/p>\n The SSPM boss also stated that Abdelbagi will be immediately and permanently removed from the party ranks and files, as well as from any position bearing the party\u2019s name.<\/p>\n \u201cEffective immediately, h ceases to hold any position, authority or membership rights within the SSPM. Any actions or representations made by him in the party\u2019s name are null and void,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n He said that the investigations showed that Abdelbagi intended to improperly fire the chairman.<\/p>\n Dr. Costello claims that former vice president organized an unapproved faction and used a nonexistent constitutional clause to assert control, including calling party meetings at his home.<\/p>\n \u201cThese actions constitute gross misconduct and a direct violation of the SSPM constitution, undermining the party\u2019s unity, leadership and its role within the South Sudan Opposition Alliance and the revitalized peace agreement,\u201d Dr. Costello stated.<\/p>\n However, No.1 Citizen newspaper could not easily access Hussien Abdelbagi Akol for comments on the matter.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By William Madouk South Sudan Patriotic Movement (SSPM) has removed Hussien Abdelbagi Akol from being the acting deputy chairman. Dr. Costello Garang Riiny, leader of group announced relegation of Abdelbagi on Thursday. Few days after losing Vice president seat, Abdelbagi has again lost a second seat in SSPM party.[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":33536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dr.-Costello-Garang-Riiny-and-former-VP-who-serves-as-minister-of-Agriculture-Hussein-Abdelbaggi-Akol.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33537,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33535\/revisions\/33537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}