Ijumu local government chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged the suspension of Senator Dino Melaye by the ward executives of the party.
In a statement jointly signed by Hon. Olorunmaiye Olabode, Comrade Owonibi Davies and Pastor Stanley Ajileye, Chairman, Secretary and Publicity Secretary respectively, the party insisted that the suspension will not stand.
The statement issued on Friday alleged that the communiqué read by the ward executives was forged.
PDP executives in Ayetoro Gbede/Iluhagba ward 1 of Ijumu local government, Kogi state, has on Thursday announced Melaye’s suspension over alleged anti-party activities.
However, the Ijumu PDP leaders challenged Melaye’s traducers to mention the anti-party activities allegedly engaged in by the former Senator.
“We are made aware of a communique in circulation which was concocted by external enemies of the Party from outside Ijumu, who are forces of destabilization and who want to remove our leader, the leader of the Party in the State, His Excellency, Senator Dino Melaye, who is the voice of the voiceless, so they can ride rough shod over loyal Party members in Kogi State.
“We categorically and unequivocally state that the said purported letter of expulsion is a forgery and cannot stand. It is so ridiculously and hurriedly written that the day and date do not tally.
“We also state that such a correspondence which is meant to expel an important member of the Party as HE Senator Dino Melaye, a prominent member of the Party, cannot be handled in this criminal manner.
“No PDP member in Kogi has done what our leader has done for the PDP nationally. We challenge these traducers to mention the anti party activities of Senator Dino Melaye.
“The man who still paid for the accommodation of the party at the state headquarters and paid salaries of staff. He bought 10,000 copies of membership cards just last month and shared among party members and new joiners. He gave N2m to the party just last month as running cost.
“We therefore here state for the records that it is a breach of the Constitution of the Party not to follow due process in the haste to execute the malicious and mischievous plan,” the statement read.
They urged all members of the party in Ijumu and Kogi State as a whole to disregard the purported suspension of Senator Melaye who they said abhors anti-party activities in all ramifications.
