PDP suspends Deputy National Chairman over ‘anti-party activities’

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended its Deputy National Chairman (North) Gamawa Babayo, for alleged anti-party activities.

In a statement late Monday by Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP National Publicity Secretary, the party said the decision followed a petition against the party chieftain.

The statement added that Gamawa was also suspended for ‘dereliction of duty’.

BusinessDay reports that this is the first time the Secondus-led PDP would suspend an NWC member since assumption of office in December 2017.

The three-paragraph statement reads: “The National Working Committee (NWC), in its extra-ordinary session of the 5th of January 2019, among other things, critically reviewed the petition against the Deputy National Chairman (North) Senator Gamawa Babayo.

“The NWC found merit in the petition on allegation of dereliction of duty and anti-party activity as contained in Section 58 (1) e, f, g, h of the PDP Constitution.

“Therefore, in exercise of section 29 (2) a, b and c, the NWC hereby invokes Section 59 (1) d of the constitution of the PDP on the Deputy National Chairman (North) and accordingly suspends him from the party immediately”.

 

OWEDE AGBAJILEKE, Abuja