There is no end in sight in the ongoing crisis in the ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
In a twist that promises to get things messier in the PDP, the national leadership of the party suspended former governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola less than a week after he was re-instated as National Secretary of the party through a judgment of an appeal court sitting in Abuja.
The PDP leadership claimed that it has not received the court judgment re-instating Oyinlola. It added that Oyinlola would face the Disciplinary Committee chaired by Second Republic Minister of Transport, Dr. Umaru Dikko.
Also suspended with Oyinlola were chairman of the aggrieved camp of the party and former acting national chairman, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje; the group’s Deputy Chairman, Dr. Sam Sam Jaja and National Vice-Chairman, North-West, Ambassador Ibrahim Kazaure.
Chief Olisa Metuh, the PDP National Publicity Secretary addressed journalists in Abuja at the end of an emergency meeting of the National Working Committee.
He noted that the party withheld decision on the matter for a long time because elders and the leadership of the party had been appealing to the aggrieved members to reconsider their steps.
Citing Section 58(1) of the Party’s constitution 2012(as amended) as reason for the action, Metuh said: “Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Party shall have power to discipline any member who says or does anything likely to bring the party into disrespect, hatred or contempt; engages in disorderly conduct at meetings or rallies or at any party functions; engages in any conduct likely to cause disaffection among members of the party or is likely to disrupt the peaceful, lawful and efficient conduct of the business of the party; engages in unauthorised publicity of disputes within the Party or creates a parallel party organ at any level”.
