The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) State Working Committee in Benue has suspended the party’s Igyorov Ward Exco in Gboko Local Government Area.
The ward Exco had suspended Dr. Iyorchia Ayu.
The acting state chairman of the PDP, Isaac Mffo, announced the suspension at a press conference in Makurdi, Benue State’s capital, on Thursday.
Mffo stated that during the suspension, the state working committee will be in charge of the party’s business in Igyorov ward.
“That the executive committee of the PDP in Igyorov council ward is hereby suspended for one month pending necessary action which shall be taken to restore sanity, harmony, law and order in the party in the area.”
“That the executive committee of the PDP in Igyorov council ward shall hand over all documents and other items in their possession belonging to the party to the state executive committee of the party with immediate effect.”
“The state working committee shall during this period administer the affairs of the party in Igyorov council ward in the best interest of the party, discipline, growth, and success,” the state PDP chairman said.