Posted by According to Iyorchia Ayu, the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), only the NEC has the authority to suspend him because no organ or executive committee at the ward, state, or national levels is permitted by the Party’s constitution to take any disciplinary action against any member of the NEC.
He claims that the alleged suspension announcement is nothing more than drama, propaganda, and mischief, and that it was a pointless exercise caused by blatant “ignorance and desperation.”. “.
Ayu made this known after the Party chapter in Benue State informed him that he had been suspended in a statement from his special adviser on media and communications, Simon Imobo-Tswam.
We had previously reported that Ayu had been suspended by the party’s ward executives in the Igyorov Ward of the Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State on Sunday due to alleged anti-party activities, which were announced by the ward secretary, Vangeryina Dooyum, on behalf of Kashi Philip, the ward chairman.
The declaration was written as,.
To begin with, Article 57(7) of the PDP constitution, as amended in 2017, expressly forbids any party organ or executive committee at the ward or state levels from taking any disciplinary action against a member of the party’s National Executive Committee.
“The alleged suspension is, therefore, a fruitless exercise because its main supporters are people who are blatantly illiterate, ignorant, addicted to gambling, and desperate. Only drama, propaganda, and mayhem are its redeeming qualities. “.
Additionally, he noted that some exco members were only being “teleguided by political gamblers to cause mischief and nothing more,” and he had not been suspended by his ward.
Ayu pleaded with the populace to disregard rumors, claiming that those behind the plot were merely making costly illusions out of them.
However, the so-called suspension letter was also written beforehand by an illiterate and was only given to the members who were coerced to sign it somewhere in Makurdi.
This is the reason the original date was typeset and the date of the 24th of March was added. And for the same reason, it specifies that the elections for governor and state assembly will take place on March 25 and 18, 2023, respectively.
The remainder of his statement continued, “From what we know, the document itself is fraudulent as the ward executives’ signatures were either forged or obtained under duress.