The Arewa Youth for Peace and Security (AYPS) has
criticised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) decision to suspend the House
Minority Leader, Hon Ndudi Elumelu, and six other members of the party in the House
of Representatives.
Chairman of AYPS, Alhaji Salisu Magaji, at a press
conference held in Bauchi on nWednesday, called on the party to immediately
withdraw the suspension of Elumelu and the six others and allow the Minority
Leader to assume his leadership role in the House.
Announcing the decision of the party National
Working Committee (NWC) to suspend them, the PDP National Publicity Secretary,
Kola Ologbondiyan, explained that the party had suspended them for alleged
“indiscipline and insubordination.”
Reacting to the development, Magaji, expressed
regret that the party suspended Elumelu and the six others without giving them
a fair hearing.
He said: “This is uncalled for. The issue of
election of a Minority Leader by lawmakers is the responsibility of members of
the National Assembly not the party.
“Elumelu has been in the House for many years and
he has delivered. He was not elected by the PDP. He was elected by the people
of his constituency. He is in the House representing his people, not the party.
“Although, he contested on the platform of the
party, members of the National Assembly have the power to elect who they feel
should be their leaders, so the PDP has to know that. We don’t understand why they
are holding meeting and suspending members for one month. It is uncalled for.
“We therefore call on the party to withdraw the
suspension and allow the new leader of minority PDP, Elumelu, to continue.
Elumelu is a grassroots politician and a mobiliser. He’s a record long term
serving member of the House.”
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