The National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP has suspended
suspended the Acting National Chairman,Amb. Illiya Damagum and the Acting National Secretary,Sen. Samuel Anyanwu for anti-party activities.
A statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba*explained that the decision to suspend the duo was taken after the NWC had extensively considered the series of complaints raised against them particularly with regard to the letter addressed by them to the Court of Appeal in Appeal No:CA/PH/307/2024 against the Party’s position in the case involving the 27 former members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who vacated their seats upon decamping from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The NWC in the statement condemned this anti-party activity of the Acting National Chairman and the National Secretary which is in gross violation of the provisions of the PDP Constitution (as amended in 2017) and their Oath of Office.
“Consequently, the NWC, pursuant to Sections 57, 58 and 59 of the PDP Constitution, has suspended Amb. Illiya Damagum and Sen. Samuel Anyanwu as Acting National Chairman and National Secretary of the Party respectively and referred them to the National Disciplinary Committee for further action,” the statement reads.
The NWC said that n the meantime, the two officials are suspended from all meetings, activities and programes of the NWC pending the conclusion of investigation by the National Disciplinary Committee.
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