SEPTEMBER 1, 2013
Rivers State Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Felix Obuah
The National Assembly members from Rivers State and the state council chairmen, who failed to attend the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party risk being expelled from the party.
The Rivers State Chairman of the PDP, Mr. Felix Obuah, who disclosed this in interview with SUNDAY PUNCH, said the party would take disciplinary action against any absentee lawmaker.
The lawmakers had vowed to boycott the PDP mini-convention in Abuja following the suspension of the state Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, and the expulsion of 18 members of the party.
But Obuah said it was wrong for members of the state caucus in the National Assembly to boycott the PDP convention in solidarity with Amaechi, who had been suspended by the party at the state level.
Obuah said the lawmakers’ position showed that they (National Assembly members) were supporting illegality.
He said, “If one person is supporting a person who is not respectful to the party and the National Working Committee suspends the person, why would you now say you are showing solidarity with someone that is not disciplined?
“As a matter of fact, let me put it on record; any of those elected members of the National Assembly who fails to appear at the PDP national convention will be disciplined.
“They are supporting illegality; they are supporting indiscipline; they are not respectful to the decision of the NWC. Before now, you know, some governors were suspended and later called back to the party, but in the case of Amaechi, he went to court and the case is still in court.
“Yet some people are saying they will boycott the convention in solidarity with our governor, who was suspended because of his indiscipline; because of his anti-party activities.”
Responding, the Chairman of the state caucus in the National Assembly, Mr. Honorable Asita, said Obuah was speaking out of frustration, adding that they (federal lawmakers) were beyond his (Obuah) sanctions.
“It is a mere ranting of a frustrated man. We also know that there is so much lawlessness in the party right now.
“We have every right to protest, even if it were in a military regime. We believe our governor was wrongly suspended and we have the right to protest.
“Whatever he (Obuah) wants to do cannot be final because he is not the national chairman of the party or the leader of the NWC of the party,” Asita said.
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