The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State has suspended Senator Gabriel Suswam and some other members from the party for gross insubordination.
Others include Mr Terngu Tsegba, Richard Gbande, Terseer Tsumba and Professor Nicholas Ada.
The party, in a statement signed by the Publicity Secretary Chief Bemgba Iortyom and made available to newsmen in Makurdi on Thursday (today, August 8) said it has also suspended the chairmen of the party for Apa, Gboko, Gwer-East, Katsina-Ala, Konshisha, Logo, Otukpo, Tarka and Ukum Local government areas.
It would be recalled that the party had summoned the affected persons Wednesday, 7th August, 2024, to appear before the State Working Committee (SWC) to answer to allegations made against them bothering on acts inimical to the good health and interests of the party.
The affected persons were required to appear before the SWC today at the party’s State Secretariat to interact with the SWC at a preliminary level and possibly avoid the need to take disciplinary action against them.
The Publicity Secretary said “But rather than reciprocate the conciliatory gesture extended to them, they chose the path of intransigence and insubordination by refusing to appear before the SWC as required, with some of them taking to the public space to pour scorn on the party’s constituted authority.
“Their unfortunate conduct contravene Section 58 of the Constitution of the Peoples Democratic Party (as Amended in 2017) and accordingly, they have been suspended from the party for a period of one month, and are hereby directed to appear before the Disciplinary Committee of the party at a date, venue and time to be communicated to them by the committee.”
PDP has charged its teeming members across the state to remain law abiding and keep faith with the party’s leadership as it steers a peaceable way out of the unfortunate events of the recent past assuring that the party will emerge stronger from the ongoing reformation efforts.
