PDP Suspends National Officer Over Petition

The  People’s Democratic Party (PDP),  has  suspended one of its national officers, Alhaji Farouk Ahmed Gusau, for writing a petition against Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto state, and the state executive of the party.

The North West Zone of the party announced the suspension of Gusau as the ex-officio member of the party representing the zone at the national headquarters of the party.

A statement signed by  the North-West Zonal Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Hussaini Dembo said the officer was suspended for violating the PDP constitution.

It accused him of circumventing Article 21, Sub-sections 1‘a’, ‘b’ and ‘h’ of the PDP constitution by writing the petition to the National Chairman of the party and copying the Vice President, the PDP’s Board of Trustees and the leadership of the National Assembly.

Gusau, who advertised the petition in a national daily on November 22, also copied relevant security agencies, the North-West Vice Chairman of the party, the Political Adviser to the President and the Sokoto state Gubernatorial Screening Panel.

The party took the decision at an emergency zonal working committee meeting held on Wednesday November 23,the release said.

It explained that the officer was sanctioned because he failed to follow due process in his petition, including bye-passing the zonal office of the party.

In the petition, the suspended ex-officio member complained of anti-party activities and use of thugs by Governor Wamakko.

Other allegations in the document were financial impropriety, maladministration, lack of requisite qualification of party officials, neglect and refusal to organise party primaries and favouritism by the state executive.