Sokoto PDP youths, students reject expulsion of Bature

Sokoto Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youths and students stakeholders forum has rejected what it described as purported expulsion of the party’s National Organising Secretary, Hon. Umar Bature by a faction of the party saying ” the action is null, void and ineffective.”

It said the action lacked the constitutional backing , moral justification or political legitimacy emanating from an unverified factional convention that has no standing in the PDP.

The forum urged the public and PDP faithful to disregard with utmost passion what it described as lies being  circulated.

Bature with other top members of the party, including the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike were last week expelled from the party for alleged “anti party ” activities amidst factional crisis rocking  the opposition party.

Addressing journalists at a press conference in Sokoto , Chairman of the forum, Comrade Bala Bello and Secretary , Comrade Nasiru Yakubu said the expulsion of Hon. Bature was unconstitutional and absolutely of no effect.

” The controversy emanates from an unverified and factional convention purportedly conducted by a splinter group claiming to act on behalf of the PDP,” they stated. 

They noted that Bature remains a dependable political stabiliser to the party for dousing internal tensions and pathing for peaceful resolutions at critical moments, hence, remains an unshaken, fully, legally and unquestionable member of the PDP with unwavering commitment.

The forum added: “Attempt at labeling such a political stabiliser as ” anti party ” is not only false but shameful, stressing that those behind the decision we’re neither recognised nor sanctioned by the legitimate organs of the party.

While in solidarity with the former HoRs member, the forum described Bature  as a resilient and passionate politician who stood by the party at times of serious crisis to avoid plunging it into more deeper chaos.