The PDP in Ebonyi State has suspended its Chairman, Okorie Tochukwu on allegations of diversion of N53 million belonging to the party.
The State Working Committee took the decision, noting that Tochukwu took the money without recourse to others who are signatories to the account.
PDP deputy state Chairman, Ifeanyi Nworie, stated this after the SWC’s emergency meeting in Abakaliki, on Monday.
He said the suspension was for a period of one month.
Nworie noted that the chairman was suspended because of his failure to organise executive meetings for a period of four months since he was reinstated by the Court of Appeal in Abuja.
Clarifying how the SWC came about the decision, Nworie said, “At the Emergency SWC meeting today, we reviewed the activities of our chairman, Tochukwu Okorie and his misconduct.
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“The chairman has failed to organise a meeting for more than four months which is against the party’s constitution.
“The Deputy Chairman, the Legal Adviser, the Publicity Secretary, and the Women Leader were among those at the Emergency meeting of today.”
The Court of Appeal in Abuja had ordered the reinstatement of Okorie as Chairman of PDP in Ebonyi State and sacked Silas Onu, who was formerly the occupant of the position.
Reacting to the suspension, the party Chairman, Okorie Tochukwu described the action as illegal, saying, it is only the national leadership that can take such decision.
Tochukwu declared that he remains a member of the National Executive Council of the party and no member of the state working committee has the power to suspend him.
On his alleged gross misconduct, he said he is the chairman as directed by the court and that he has the prerogative power to access the party’s account in carrying out party activities.