BREAKING: Edo PDP suspends 10 members, mainly Obaseki’s loyalists

The crisis in the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party took a new twist on Monday with the suspension of 10 members for alleged anti-party activities.

The party’s leadership at Ward 2, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo, announced the suspension of the 10 members said to be loyalists of the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his deputy, Phillip Shuaibu.

Most of the allegedly suspended members are the new PDP that defected from the All Progressives Congress with Governor Obaseki and his deputy.

The letter of their suspension was signed by the Ward Chairman, Suileman Momodu, Secretary, Elamah Abdulganinu and 17 others.

They accused the suspended PDP members of breaching the party’s constitution and manifesto, “disobedience and neglect to carryout lawful directive of the party organ and officers of the party.”

Other listed offences are “engaging in anti-party activities; engagement in a conduct likely to cause disaffection among members of the party and is likely to disrupt the peaceful, lawful and efficient conduct of the business of the party.”

They were also accused of “engaging in unauthorised publicity within the party; creating a parallel organ at the ward LGA level and promoting actions that belong to another group under the guise of the party by name, New PDP.”