The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi says the purported letter of suspension of Senator Dino Melaye was forged.
News About Nigeria reports that the Ijumu chapter of the PDP in Kogi refuted the suspension claim.
Earlier today, the suspension was announced in a letter dated September 12, 2024, by the party’s executive committee in Ayetoro Gbede, Ward 1.
According to the PDP, Melaye was summoned to appear before the party’s disciplinary committee on August 20, 2024, to address accusations of misconduct.
The party claimed that he failed to appear, disregarding the invitation.
But in the late hours of Friday, the PDP Chairman in Ijumu Local Government Council, Hon. Olorunmaiye Olabode, issued a communiqué and said the suspension of Senator Dino Melaye will never stand.
He described the suspension of Melaye as ridiculous and hurriedly written, adding that the day and date do not tally.
The communiqué read as in part: “We stand firmly with the party, the Constitution thereof, and the Guidelines & Regulations that are issued from time to time. We stand by the fact that no materials were brought to Ijumu LGA to carry out the Ward Ad hoc Congress on the 27th of July, 2024.
“We stand by the truth that no LGA Congress was held in Ijumu LGA at any time to elect a National Delegate. We did not participate in the purported State Congress, which was illegally held in Lokoja on the 31st of August, 2024, knowing that it was a failed kangaroo arrangement.
“We are aware of a communiqué in circulation which was concocted by external enemies of the party from outside Ijumu, who are forces of destabilization and who want to remove our leader, the leader of the party in the state, His Excellency, Senator Dino Melaye, who is the voice of the voiceless, so they can ride roughshod over loyal party members in Kogi State.
“We categorically and unequivocally state that the said purported letter of expulsion is a forgery and cannot stand. It is so ridiculously and hurriedly written that the day and date do not tally.
“We also state that such a correspondence, which is meant to expel an important member of the Party like Senator Dino Melaye, cannot be handled in this criminal manner. No PDP member in Kogi has done what our leader has done nationally for the PDP. ”
