{"id":77009,"date":"2020-11-23T03:23:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T02:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=77009"},"modified":"2020-11-23T03:23:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T02:23:56","slug":"ebonyi-pdp-dismisses-purported-suspension-of-egwu-23-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/ebonyi-pdp-dismisses-purported-suspension-of-egwu-23-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebonyi: PDP dismisses purported suspension of Egwu, 23 others"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1684113645242529939\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed publications suggesting<br \/>\nthat some of its key leaders in Ebonyi, including former Governor of the<br \/>\nstate, Sen. Sam Egwu, and 23 others were suspended from the party.<\/p>\n<p>The party in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr<br \/>\nKola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja on Sunday described the purported reports as<br \/>\nmisleading.<\/p>\n<p>Ologbondiyan said that no PDP leader in Ebonyi had been suspended adding<br \/>\nthat the document purporting the suspension was fictitious and did not<br \/>\nemanate from the Ebonyi state chapter of the party as suggested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the avoidance of doubt, the PDP does not have a state working<br \/>\ncommittee in Ebonyi state as presented by the said fictitious document.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs such, any such body said to have met to arrive at any decision or<br \/>\nany action claimed to have been taken by such a non-existent body is at<br \/>\nbest imaginary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ologbondiyan said that the public was already aware that the body vested<br \/>\nwith the task of piloting the affairs of PDP in Ebonyi was the State<br \/>\nCaretaker Committee.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the committee had since assumed its mandate to the approval<br \/>\nand delight of the leaders and members of PDP in Ebonyi since the<br \/>\ndissolution of the party\u2019s state executive in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoreover, a check on the records of our party in Ebonyi affirms that no<br \/>\nsuch meeting as purported in the said document was held to take any such<br \/>\ndecision at any time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, we have been made aware that the fabricated document emanated<br \/>\nfrom a former leader of our party in Ebonyi who left on a personal<br \/>\nvoyage to another party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said that the defected leader sought to cause confusion in the state,<br \/>\nhaving failed to pull PDP leaders and members in his expedition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is indeed pitiable that such individual will descend to the level of<br \/>\nresorting to fabrications and calendar-doctoring in desperation for<br \/>\npolitical redemption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ologbondiyan advised anyone behind such a publication to steer clear of<br \/>\nPDP and face the challenges already confronting him in his new political<br \/>\nfamily as well as the queries coming from the people of Ebonyi who have<br \/>\nbeen betrayed by his action.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesman of the party urged Nigerians to disregard the purported<br \/>\nsuspension of 24 of PDP leaders in Ebonyi, saying there was no substance<br \/>\nin the claim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the same vein, the party assures that our structure in Ebonyi state<br \/>\nis intact and that our party has become stronger, more united and<br \/>\nenjoying the support of the people of Ebonyi more than ever before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP on Wednesday constituted<br \/>\na state caretaker committee.<\/p>\n<p>It is to pilot the affairs of the party in Ebonyi, following the<br \/>\ndissolution of the party\u2019s state executive on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Governor of Ebonyi, Dave Umahi, had on Tuesday defected from the PDP<br \/>\nto the All Progressives Congress (APC) (NAN)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed publications suggesting that some of its key leaders in Ebonyi, including former Governor of the state, Sen. 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