Ali Modu SherifThe Ali Modu Sheriff-led faction of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended the Deputy Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Friday Osanebi from the ward 08 of the party in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of the state.
Also suspended indefinitely was the 2007 governorship aspirant of the party, Godwill Obielum as well as Mr. Ugo Asibelua and Emmanuel Onyeukwu.
The PDP Chairman for ward 08 , Kris Oputah said that the indefinite suspension was slammed on the erring members for allegedly convening “an illegal meeting” of some disgruntled leaders at a private home in Ushie on January 29, 2017, with the aim of disparaging the party.
Oputah also accused them of personalizing the constitution of the party and goofed in their bid to explain with impunity and disregard some laid down principal guidelines for the conduct of congresses.
According to Oputah in a statement, the suspended stalwarts have plotted to run the party aground in their constituency, lamenting that the affected persons single-handedly declared fractionalisation that never existed in the party.
“It is disheartening that those who wish to be taken seriously as wanting to lead the people of Ndosimili could descend so low to personalizing a constitutional matter of the magnitude of party congress.
“We have been patient all these while, now is the time to halt their arrogance and perpetual falsehood. They cannot continue to paint lurid picture of Ndosimili people as uneducated, uninformed and lacking in true leadership. The party in Ndokwa East hereby suspends them with effect from February 1, 2017, indefinitely.”
The statement said that they abused “the genial disposition of Ndosimili people by trivializing the injuries they have inflicted on the people by their mediocre leadership” and frowned at their “flagrant abuse of the privileges conferred on them by the mandate of Ndosimili people and their conniving cohorts.” [myad]
