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Reaffirms loyalty to Wike
From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa
The Zonal Secretary, South-South of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and caretaker Chairman of Bayelsa State PDP, Hon George Turnah, has described as laughable his purported expulsion from the party announced at the just-concluded controversial national convention of the party in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Turnah, in a statement by his Media Assistant, Kelvin Loveday Egbo, issued in Yenagoa, while referring to the event in Ibadan as a “social gathering” added that reports of his expulsion are “fake” and “baseless”.
“It is nothing more than a pitiful display of desperation from certain political opportunists and mischief-makers within the Party. Such claims hold no merit and can be dismissed as ‘good riddance to bad rubbish’,” he stated.
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Turnah, who insisted that the PDP has not held another national convention aside from the one held in 2022 to elect the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, added that the PDP constitution has provisions for procedures to follow to discipline erring members of the party to ensure fair hearing.
“It should be noted that there has not been any legitimate PDP National Convention held anywhere in Nigeria since the last one conducted in 2022, which was for the purpose of nominating the Party’s Presidential candidate for the 2023 Presidential elections. Moreover, the PDP’s Constitution clearly and unambiguously outlines offences and the corresponding disciplinary procedures to be followed, ensuring the right to a fair hearing as a prerequisite for any disciplinary action,” he said.
Turnah, while maintaining that he remains a bona fide member and a duly elected official of the PDP with “unwavering commitment to its ideals” declares that his loyalty to the national leader of the party and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, remains “steadfast” and “unshakeable”.
