PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY SACKS DEPUTY NATIONAL CHAIRMAN
He further explained that, the committee held an extraordinary session on January 5, where it reviewed the petition against the Deputy National Chairman, which resulted in his suspension from office without further delay.
“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.”
Penpushing recalled that, the opposition party had recently face crisis and round of defections by members to the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC), and just on Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari received various members of the paty Support Groups from the North-East, who defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
In similar vein, a former Governorship candidate, Bello Sani-Gwarzo, in Kano State dumped the party and also joined the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC).