PDP Speaks On Former Chairman’s Suspension

<h4>PDP Speaks On Former Chairman&&num;8217&semi;s Suspension<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that in a press statement titled &&num;8220&semi;PDP Dismisses Purported Suspension of Senator Ahmed Makarfi&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and made available to journalists on Monday&comma;  the People&&num;8217&semi;s Democratic Party&comma; PDP&comma; clarifies issues arising from the suspension of it&&num;8217&semi;s former national chairman&comma; Ahmed Makarfi&period; The statement&comma; signed by the party spokesperson&comma; Honourable Debo Ologunagba&comma; is reproduced below<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>The attention of the National Working Committee &lpar;NWC&rpar; of the Peoples Democratic Party &lpar;PDP&rpar; has been drawn to the purported suspension of former Governor of Kaduna State and former Acting National Chairman of our Party&comma; Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi&comma; reportedly by the Ward Executive of Tudun Wada Ward of Makarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna State&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>The NWC&comma; after a thorough consideration of all the issues raised by the Ward Executive&comma; hereby declares the purported decision and action of the Tudun Wada Ward Executives which borders on issues of discipline&comma; as null and void and of no effect&comma; not being consistent with the provisions of the Constitution of the PDP &lpar;As amended in 2017&rpar;&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>For clarity&comma; Section 57 &lpar;7&rpar; provides that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Notwithstanding any other provision relating to discipline&comma; no Executive Committee&comma; at any level except the National Executive Committee&comma; shall entertain any question of discipline as may relate or concern a member of the National Executive Committee&comma; Deputy Governor or member of the National Assembly”&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>The NWC therefore charges all leaders&comma; critical stakeholders&comma; members&comma; teeming supporters of our Party in Kaduna State and the general public to disregard the purported suspension of Senator Makarfi by the Ward being a member of the National Executive Committee &lpar;NEC&rpar; of our Party&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>The NWC also charges all Party members in Kaduna State to remain united at this critical time especially as the Party leadership is progressing in our concerted effort to ensure a comprehensive reconciliation in our Party&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;