The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has suspended former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose and 4 other leaders of the party.
This was part of the decisions taken by the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) at the end of its meeting on Thursday.
National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba in a statement named the other suspended party leaders as Senator Pius Anyim (Ebonyi State), Ibrahim Shema (Katsina), Prof Dennis Ityavyar (Benue State) and Dr. Aslam Aliyu (Zamfara State).
Ologunagba said they were suspended over alleged anti-party activities and their suspension takes effect from Thursday, March 23, 2023.
He stated further that “The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has after very extensive review of the affairs of our Party in the country and pursuant to the provisions of the PDP Constitution (as amended in 2017) referred the Governor of Benue State, Dr. Samuel Ortom to the National Disciplinary Committee over his reported involvement in anti-party activities.
