The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rebuffed the purported suspension of Sen. Ahmed Makarfi from the party over alleged anti-party activities.
Makarfi, an ex-governor and former acting PDP National Chairman, was on Sunday suspended by some officials of Tudun Wada Ward in Makarfi LGA of Kaduna State.
Kaduna State PDP Chairman, Felix Hyet, said in a statement on Tuesday that it was a joke taken too far by the ward officials.
“We called you to clarify the purported suspension of the PDP leader, Sen. Mohammed Makarfi by a few misguided members of his ward in Makarfi Local Government Area (LGA),” Hyet said.
‘’We want to tell you that those people have no power to suspend the calibre of a member like Makarfi, except the national leadership of the party.
“There is nobody that played the role of Makarfi during the campaign he led to big towns where we held town hall meetings with political groups, religious and cultural groups. He spent his resources.
“Therefore for anybody to wake up and say that Makarfi was involved in anti-party activities, I say it is a joke taken too far.”
Hyet said those who suspended Makarfi are the ones engaging in anti-party activities.
“Already, the majority members of ward exco and the LGA exco have met and they have taken disciplinary decisions that could be meted out to those who did it,” he said.
“For clarity, Section 57 (7) provides that notwithstanding any other provision relating to discipline, no executive committee, at any level except the National Executive Committee, shall entertain any question of discipline as may relate or concern a member of the National Executive Committee, Deputy Governor or member of the National Assembly,” the state chairman added.