The
National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has
suspended the Governor of Rivers state, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, as a member of
the party over the crisis rocking the state chapter of the party. The NWC also referred
the suspension of Mr Amaechi to the party’s disciplinary committee for
appropriate action.
The party’s NWC at an emergency meeting on
Monday, agreed to suspend the Rivers state Governor following a petition
submitted by the PDP Rivers State Executive Committee.
The party made this known in a statement
signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh.
According to the statement, the party “considered
the petition submitted by the PDP Rivers State Executive Committee against His
Excellency Rt Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, the Executive Governor of Rivers
State for violating Articles 58 1 (b), (c ), (h) and (m) of the PDP
Constitution.”
“The National Working Committee after
preliminary hearing, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 57 (3), 59
(3), 59 (5) and 29 (2.b) hereby suspends the Executive Governor of River State,
Rt Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi as a member of the PDP and refers the matter to
the appropriate disciplinary committee of the Party.”
“This is in furtherance of the determination
of the leadership of the party to enforce discipline at all levels within the
party” the statement concluded.
The state chapter of PDP in Rivers state has
been embroiled in a prolonged crisis that has had 27members of the Rivers State
House of Assembly and Speaker, suspended.
A Federal High Court in Abuja had also sacked
that executive members of the party in the state and replaced them with the
Felix Obuah led faction.
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