After Amaechi,PDP Suspends Gov Wamakko

 

Few days after suspending Rivers State Governor,Rotimi Amaechi,GOVERNOR Magatakarda Wamakko of Sokoto State, was yesterday suspended from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the party took the decision to suspend him at its 338th meeting held on Wednesday, which extensively discussed the state of the party across the nation.

A communique issued at the end of the meeting said the repeated breaches and disregard to the party’s constitution by Wamakko, were also discussed.

According to the communique signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief Olisa Metuh, “the NWC notes that on several occasions, Governor Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko had ignored invitations and lawful directives of the NWC in this regard and has continued to show complete apathy to the affairs of the party and contempt to an organ of the party.

“Consequent upon the refusal of the governor to honour yet another invitation by the NWC to appear before it today, Wednesday, June 5, 2013 without any reason, the Committee, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 57 (3), 57 (7), 58. 1(c ),(h), (f) and 59 (1),(2), hereby suspends the Executive Governor of Sokoto State, Dr. Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko as a member of the party and refers the matter to the appropriate disciplinary committee of the party.”

The party added that the governor’s suspension is in furtherance of the determination of the leadership of the party to enforce discipline at all levels within the party.