A former Senator and chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Senator Buruji Kashamu as reacted to his proported expulsion from the PDP by the National Chairman of the party, Chief Uche Secondus, stressing that no one has the sole power to expel him from the party.
The former lawmaker in press release made available to newsmen on Saturday stated that Chief Secondus as the national chairman of the party is not the sole proprietor so cannot determine who is a member of the party or not.
According to Sen. Kashamu, ” My attention has been drawn to a report in the ThisDay newspaper of 16th May, 2020, and several online publications, in which the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus said I am not a member of the PDP because, according to him, I had been expelled from the party”
“While it is true that he is the National Chairman of the PDP, it does not make him the owner or sole proprietor of the party who can determine or decide who is a member or not. As the National Chairman, he should be a father figure to all, not taking sides with some persons or stoking the fire of discord. At least, I am not one of those who left the PDP to sign a three-year agreement with the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in the build up to the 2019 elections”
Sen. Kashamu stated that an FCT High Court on the 10th of October, 2018, nullified the proported expulsion, describing it as “an act done in gross and wilful violation of an express order of court made on the 9th of January, 2018, directing parties to keep and maintain status quo and in particular not to carry out any disciplinary action…without first having recourse to this Court.”
He further stated that the court also rule that, “The said letter of expulsion of 4 persons made by the Respondents hereof on the 1st of August, 2018 is hereby set aside and declared null, void and of no effect, in that it was made in gross violation of the aforesaid subsisting Order of Court.”
Citing the court order, Sen. Kashamu said “one of the four persons referred to in the above court order is the former State Chairman, Engr. Adebayo Dayo, who is now in league with those Prince Secondus is siding with”
“The orders and judgment of the court have neither been appealed nor upturned. Thus, the judgment remains valid, subsisting and binding on the PDP; any contrary view again will be contemptuous of the court”
“This was the premise on which I emerged and contested as the Ogun State governorship candidate of the PDP during the 2019 general elections”
“So, for these reasons, as former member of the National Executive Committee of the PDP and an automatic member of the State Executive Committee, I remain a bonafide and financial member of the PDP in Ogun State” he said
