The crisis rocking the Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a new dimension with the expulsion of the chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees (BOT), Adolphus Wabara.
Wabara was expelled from the party in Abia State on Tuesday, March 5.
Following his expulsion, the Abia PDP urged the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) and National Executive Committee (NEC) to appoint a new BOT chairman immediately.
In a statement issued by the Abia PDP Chairman, Abraham Amah, the party’s State Working Committee (SWC) ratified Wabara’s expulsion after reviewing the findings of a disciplinary committee set up to investigate him.
The statement read, “After a thorough review of the committee’s findings and recommendations regarding the expulsion of Senator Adolphus Wabara, the SWC unanimously approved the recommendation contained in the report.
“Senator Adolphus Wabara is hereby expelled from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).”
Citing Articles 57(3) and 59(1) of the party’s Constitution (2017 as amended), the chapter stated that Wabara would no longer enjoy any rights or privileges within the party.
The latest expulsion follows an earlier suspension of Wabara by the Abia PDP for allegedly endorsing Labour Party Governor Alex Otti’s second-term bid.
However, the PDP’s NWC later reversed the suspension, declaring it “unconstitutional, null, and void.”
Wabara’s troubles have also been linked to the ongoing power struggle between Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike over control of the Rivers PDP.
Wike, in a recent television interview criticised Wabara’s leadership of the BOT, stating he would have “disowned” him if he were a relative.
In response, Wabara dismissed Wike’s remarks, calling them undignified. “I will expect a man of his calibre and status to mind his language and words. But I don’t want to join issues with Wike and dignify him,” he said.
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