‘Of No Effect,’ PDP NWC Dismisses Ugochinyere’s Expulsion from Party

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed the expulsion of Ugochinyere Ikeagwuonu by the leadership of the party in Imo State. 

Ugochinyere who represents Ideato North/Ideato South Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives was suspended by the Ideato LGA chapter of the party in a letter dated December 5 for alleged indiscipline and anti-party activities.

But hours after the move, the PDP NWC nullified the expulsion in a statement by its spokesman Debo Ologunagba.

“The NWC declares the said purported expulsion as null and void and of no effect, not being consistent with the express provision of Sections 57 (7) and 59 (3) of the Constitution of the PDP (as amended in 2017) and laid down Rules of our great Party,” the PDP’s NWC statement read.

It cited Section 59 (3) and 57 (7)  of the Constitution of the PDP to insist that “no Ward, Local Government or even State Chapter of the Party has the power to suspend, expel or discipline a member of the National Assembly in any form whatsoever without due recourse to the National Working Committee as provided by the Constitution of the PDP”.