Sokoto PDP Disowns National Secretariat.

The state executives said Mr. Wamakko
remains their leader.
The Sokoto state chapter of the ruling
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has
disowned the National Working
Committee, NWC of the party over its
decision to suspend Governor Aliyu
Wamakko from the party.
The NWC, after its Wednesday meeting,
suspended Mr. Wamakko for alleged anti-
party activities.
The decision of the state chapter of the
party was announced Thursday in Sokoto
in a press conference addressed by the
state commissioner of Agriculture,
Mohammed Arzuka Tureta, on behalf of
the State Working Committee, SWC.
PREMIUM TIMES learnt that Mr. Tureta
addressed the media on behalf of the
SWC, despite the presence of the
chairman, Sabo Madawaki, because the
latter cannot communicate in English
language.
All the other members of the State
Working Committee were also present at
the briefing, except the secretary, Aminu
Bello who had earlier been suspended by
the NWC for accepting to reply a letter
sent to the Governor by the National
Chairman of the Party, Bamanga Tukur.
The Sokoto PDP leaders in their address
said they felt betrayed by the NWC in
hastily taking the decision to suspend Mr.
Wamakko without recourse to the party
executive at the state level which
contravenes article 21 of the PDP
constitution.
They added that Mr. Wamakko had been a
loyal and committed member of the party
in the state, under whose leadership the
party recorded 100 per cent success in all
elective offices.
The state party leaders advised the
national secretariat to “stop listening to
rumours mongering, hearsay and
unsubstantiated claims by Abuja based
Sokoto state politicians”.
They also argued that what the PDP needs
at this moment is for “all hands to be deck
in unity at all levels,” adding that “we wish
to affirm our loyalty to his Excellency
Governor Magatakarda Wamakko who is
the leader of the PDP in Sokoto state”.