Senator Gabriel Suswam, Terngu Tsegba, Richard Gbande, Terseer Tsumba and Professor Nicholas Ada have been suspended from the People’s Democratic party (PDP).
This brings to second the suspension of former governor of the state Samuel Ortom and three others on Monday August 5 by the PDP.
The party’s state spokesperson who disclosed, Bemgba Iortyom said also suspended were the chairmen of the party for Apa, Gboko, Gwer-East, Katsina-Ala, Konshisha, Logo, Otukpo and Ukum local government areas.
Iortyom said they were invited on Wednesday to defend themselves against allegations of gross misconduct and anti-party activities.
He said the summons was sequel to an alleged invasion of the party’s secretariat in Makurdi by thugs reportedly led by a ‘suspended’ state chairman, John Ngbede.
Iortyom said the affected persons would face the State Working Committee (SWC) on Thursday by 10am.
“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 contravenes 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 (1) 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,” Iortyom said.
