Misconduct: PDP Handles One Month Suspension to South-South Zonal Secretary Omemu
By Gabriel Kekong
Benin (Core Reporters) The leading opposition political party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced the suspension of its South-South Zonal Secretary, Chief Felix Omemu, for one month over alleged misconduct.
Omemu was suspended on Saturday by the PDP’s South-South Zonal Executive Committee (ZEC) as the internal crisis within the party escalated.
At an excos meeting held in Benin, the Edo State capital
The embattled Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Chike Amaewhule, moved the motion for Omemu’s suspension at an excos meeting held in Benin, the Edo State capital,
The motion was seconded by Godwin Offiono, a member representing Ogoja/Yala constituency of Cross River State at the 10th National Assembly.
Amaewhule accused Omemu of misconduct, breach of trust, and attempting to sow division within the party.
He specifically cited Omemu’s unauthorised public statements urging members to boycott the ZEC meeting.
“Chief Felix Omemu must be suspended, and a disciplinary committee should be set up to investigate his actions,” The Guardian quoted Amaewhule as saying.
He described the embattled zonal secretary’s conduct as illegal and an attempt to destabilise the party’s leadership in the South-South.
However, Omemu swiftly rejected the suspension, stating that the meeting convened by Chief Dan Orbih, PDP’s National Vice Chairman (South-South), was illegal.
In a statement from Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, he argued that, according to the PDP constitution, a ZEC meeting could only be convened with the approval of the Zonal Working Committee—an approval that he claimed had not been granted.
The PDP Zonal Legal Adviser, George Turnah, was appointed as Acting Zonal Secretary following Omemu’s suspension.
Chief Dan Orbih welcomed the decision, commending the ZEC for taking what he described as a necessary step to restore unity and discipline within the party
