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By DADA AYOKHAI
The crisis which rocked PDP Ward 12, Uzairue, Etsako West local government following the purported suspension of the party's State Secretary, Mr Hilary Otsu, has finally been laid to rest without the usual recourse to violence and legal brickbats
The crisis arose when the chairman of the ward, Hon Anofokha Momodu aka Daskoli, in concert with a few elements in the ward, claimed they have suspended Mr Otsu over frivolous reasons
Mr Momodu and his cohort, Hon Sylvanus Eruaga,aka Dr Double a former lawmaker, were then accused of unilaterally suspending Mr Otsu without recourse to laid down rules of the party.
This action infuriated majority of the members of the party in the ward. They tried to make the ward chairman rescind the suspension, but when that attempt failed, they opted to outrightly challenge the action by convening a meeting of critical stakeholders
Earlier, the ward secretary, Mr Igbape Emmanuel Ikiebe, had issued a disclaimer in which he disassociated himself from the purported suspension, claiming the conveners of the meeting where Otsu's suspension was announced, forged his signature
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Those in attendance at the meeting where the suspension of the state secretary of the party was revoked and a vote of confidence passed on him included the ward secretary, Hon Igbape Emmanuel Ikiebe, Youth leader, Hon Dele Musa ,
, legal adviser, all the village PDP chairmen in ward 12 and other exco members at the ward and LGA level
Specifically, party leaders said they were concerned about the possible repeat of the APC scenario wherein the national chairman of the party was booted out of office on the basis of a purported suspension by his ward chairman.
They described the suspension of Otsu as "illegal and mischievous", saying the perpetrators even went ahead to spread the news on the social media, insisting however that the ward chairman lacks the power to unilaterally suspend any member of the party.
They also stressed that the suspension of the ward chairman and his sponsor, Hon Eruaga, would serve as deterrence to others as well as instill discipline in the party.
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