The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) crisis took another fiery turn on Tuesday, when the factional National Executive Committee loyal to Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike confirmed the expulsion of Governors Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, and Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State.
The NEC also removed Senator Adolphus Wabara, former Chairman of the Board of Trustees; Bode George, former National Vice Chairman of the Party; and Kabiru Turaki, SAN, the newly elected party National Chairman.
The move comes only days after the controversial PDP national convention in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, on Saturday, which resulted in Wike and his supporters being booted from the party.
The incident sparked a tense clash between the two groups on Tuesday at the party’s national secretariat in Wadata Plaza, Abuja, where the NEC and Board of Trustees meetings were planned concurrently.
On Tuesday, the factional NEC met at the national secretariat in Abuja and dissolved the state executive councils in Oyo, Bauchi, Zamfara, Yobe, Lagos, and Ekiti states, instructing the formation of caretaker committees and the holding of new congresses.
According to a communiqué read by National Secretary Senator Sam Anyanwu at the meeting, “NEC received the report of the Acting National Chairman, Hon. Abdulrahman Mohammed, detailing breaches of Articles 58(1) and 59(1), including anti-party activities, disobedience to court orders, and conduct bringing the party into disrepute.
“NEC approved the commencement of disciplinary procedures against the following: Adolphus Wabara, Olabode George, Ben N. Obi, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, Bala Mohammed, Oluseyi Makinde, Dauda Lawal, Taofiq Arapaja, Setonji Koshoedo, Okechukwu Obiechina Daniel, Woyengikuro Daniel, Mohammed Kadade Suleiman, Emmanuel Ogidi, Sumaila Adamu Burga, Umar Sani, Udom Emmanuel, and Emmanuel Enorden.”
