Breaking: PDP NWC suspends National Chairman, Secretary 

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has suspended the party’s National Chairman, Ambassador Iliya Damagum and Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, with immediate effect.

The two were suspended over alleged anti-party activities, according to a statement by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba.

The statement indicated that the decision was taken by a majority of the NWC members at a meeting that ended early Friday in Abuja.

“The National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP has extensively considered the series of complaints raised against the Acting National Chairman, Amb. Illiya Damagum and National Secretary, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu particularly with regard to the letter addressed by them to the Court of Appeal in Appeal No:CA/PH/307/2024 against the party’s position in the case involving the 27 former members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who vacated their seats upon decamping from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

“The NWC condemned this anti-party activity of the Acting National Chairman and the National Secretary which is in gross violation of the provisions of the PDP Constitution (as amended in 2017) and their Oath of Office.

“Consequently, the NWC, pursuant to Sections 57, 58 and 59 of the PDP Constitution, has suspended Amb. Illiya Damagum and Sen. Samuel Anyanwu as Acting National Chairman and National Secretary of the Party respectively and referred them to the National Disciplinary Committee for further action.

“In the meantime, the two officials are suspended from all meetings, activities and programmes of the NWC pending the conclusion of investigation by the National Disciplinary Committee,” the statement added.