Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council, on Tuesday, described the suspension of the party’s National Chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu as illegal and not conforming to the party’s constitution.
PDP PCC spokesman, Mr Charles Aniagwu, while speaking on AIT, said those that suspended Ayu were ignorant of the provisions of the party’s constitution as amended in 2017.
He noted that the suspension was like the treatment meted out to the former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole when he was the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress.
While noting that the APC constitution was different from that of the PDP, he added that no organ of the party aside from the National Executive Committee can suspend a member of the National Working Committee.
Aniagwu said, “Section 57(7) of the PDP Constitution was very clear on who has the power to suspend or discipline a member of the National Working Committee or National Executive Committee of the party.
“When they proceeded to ask the ward of the national chairman to take disciplinary action against him, assuming that they have the power, they ought to have given him fair hearing by summoning him to give him the opportunity to defend himself but the Section 57 didn’t give them the power to carry out such action against a member of NWC.
“So if anyone is proceeding to court with such illegal suspension is just making unnecessary troubles for the party.”
He said the exparte order from the court restraining Ayu from carrying out his duties as national chairman was most unfortunate, claiming that the basis for granting the order was faulty.
But Aniagwu expressed optimism that the party would come out stronger after its current travails.