The Peoples Democratic Party on Friday suspended the House Minority Leader, Mr Ndudi Elumelu, and six other members of the party in the House of Representatives for “indiscipline, insubordination and
disobedience”.
He said the party noted the roles played by the affected Reps which resulted in the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, announcing the list of the minority leadership of the House different from the one submitted by the opposition party. “In the view of the above, Elumelu and other members invited are requesting that the meeting should be rescheduled for either Thursday, July 18 at 4pm after plenary or Friday, July 19 at 10am.
The PDP in a letter dated, June 21, 2019 addressed to the Speaker said they had endorsed Chinda for the post of Minority leader, Chukwuka Onyema , Yakubu Barde and Muraina Ajibola .Reacting to his suspension, Elumelu said, “I am surprised and shocked that the NWC of our great party can sit and take a decision without giving room for fair hearing.
A leader of the factional PDP caucus, Mr Wole Oke, described the suspension of the seven lawmakers as “unfortunate”. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement on Friday said Gbajabiamila had no justification to allegedly threaten the factional Minority Leader of the House after overruling him when he wanted to raise a point of order during Thursday’s plenary.
Ologbondiyan said, “Gbajabiamila exhibited personal hostility, with threats that Chinda would ‘regret’ taking his rightful seat as the bona fide Leader of the Minority in the House.
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