Akinwonmi cited Section 35 (b) of the PDP Constitution to support his action and suspended the National Working Committee meeting of the party indefinitely.
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The meeting is ongoing as of the time of filing this report.
He maintained that the internal rumbling that was recently witnessed in the party shows the failure of the NWC led by Prince Uche Secondus to effectively carry out its responsibility as an opposition political party.
Former governor of Bayelsa State and senator representing Bayelsa West in the National Assembly, Henry Seriake Dickson, has risen stoutly in defence of the embattled national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, saying he cannot be removed whimsically or be asked to resign for no just cause.
Saraki made the comments on his Twitter handle thanks against the backdrop of the crisis that has rocked the National Working Committee of the party.
The leaders said they will soon meet with the governors on the platform of the party as well as its Board of Trustees, and the National Working Committee (NWC) to find lasting solutions.
This is contained in a statement by the state APC Caretaker Chairman, Abba Yaro on Monday in Makurdi.
The PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, stated this while reacting to the defection of Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamafara State to the APC in Abuja.
The NWC gave the warning in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Tuesday in Abuja.
The party in a statement issued by its National Vice Chairman, North Central, Theophilus Shan, in Abuja on Friday said the inauguration was not authorised by the PDP National Working Committee (NWC).
In a statement on Saturday morning ahead of the election, he said that with the exclusion of 94% of the delegates, a decision he said has turned the process into a mockery of democracy.
This was part of the resolutions of a meeting of JUSUN National Working Committee (NWC) held in Abuja after the conciliation meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, and other stakeholders.
Makinde, who stated this while briefing newsmen at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, said that the South West zone of the party was ready for its zonal congresses, adding that party leaders in the zone were already working towards a united party.
Nwebonyi noted that his emergence as party chairman was through election for a four-year term and not by appointment by the national body of the party.
Yekini Nabena, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary, All Progressives Congress, has faulted the endorsement of the acting National Secretary, Victor Giadom, as replacement for Adams Oshiomhole, the National Chairman.
The party in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan in Abuja on Thursday said it had yet to take any position on the matter.
The position of the party was contained in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan.
The Commandant of Naval War College Nigeria, Rear Adm. Adeseye Ayobanjo, made the call on Monday in Calabar during the presentation of the report of Naval Warfare Course 3 International Study Tour to the Republic of Kenya.
The Lagos State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party on Monday said that the National Working Committee of the party was taking steps to address the challenges facing the chapter.
Elumelu in a statement on Friday in Abuja said that he was surprised that the National Working Committee of the party would suspend him without a fair hearing.