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BREAKING: PDP Suspends Senatorial Aspirant Over Alleged Anti-Party Activity

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3 years ago

Jun 19, 2022.

A.A.S Opeyemi

PDP suspends senatorial aspirant in Kebbi
…Malam Haruna Sa’idu Dandi’o was suspended from the party pending the decision of the State Executive Council or any appropriate disciplinary organ of our party in respect of our request.

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Malam Haruna Sa’idu-Dandi’o, a senatorial hopeful, has been suspended by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kebbi State for anti-party conduct.

The executive members of Sai’du-Nasarawa Dandi’o’s I Ward in the state’s Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area suspended him.

This is stated in a statement delivered to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Sunday, which was jointly signed by Ward Chairman Ibrahim Abdullahi-Na-Mazaba and Secretary Nasiru Aliyu.

According to the Nigerian News Agency (NAN), Sa’idu-Dandi’o secured the party ticket for the Kebbi Central Senatorial District unchallenged in a primary election earlier this year.

However, the national headquarters of the party in Abuja ordered a fresh primary election after Senator Adamu Aliero defected from the All Progressives Congress Congress (APC) to the PDP, a directive that did not go down well with the suspended party member.

NAN recalls that Aliero is a two-term governor of the state, ex-Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and a serving Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“At its extraordinary meeting held on Saturday, 18th June 2022, the Executive Committee of Nasarawa I Ward noted the inappropriate conduct and anti-party activities of Malam Haruna Sa’idu Dandi’o before and after the conduct of the fresh Kebbi Central Senatorial Primary Election held on 19th June as ordered by the National Working Committee,” the statement said.

It specifically faulted the former senatorial flag-bearer for his letter to the Resident Electoral Commissioner, dated June 8, without exhausting the internal conflict resolution mechanisms provided in the party’s constitution.

Another key issue, according to the statement, is ”his press interview condemning the decision of the National Working Committee of our great party.

“His clandestine activities with the ruling party in the state such that his press interview was conducted in Kebbi State Liaison Office in Abuja and his continued anti-party activities despite so many entreaties to him.

Therefore, the Nasarawa I Ward Executive Committee hereby resolved as follows: that the State Executive Committee should be duly and adequately informed of the inappropriate conduct and anti-party activities of Malam Haruna Sa’idu Dandi’o for appropriate action.

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“That Malam Haruna Sa’idu Dandi’o is hereby suspended from the party pending the decision of the State Executive Council or any appropriate disciplinary organ of our party in respect of our request.

“That this resolution should be communicated to the Local Government Working Committee,” the statement read in part.

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