The Lagos State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expelled its members who recently defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
The Elders Caucus and Chairmen of PDP in the 20 local government areas of the state made this known in a statement issued by their spokesperson, Mr. Segun Edwards, today July 31.
PDP said that the decision was arrived at at the stakeholders’ meeting called to “discuss the outcome of the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held in Abuja last week.” The party leaders declared that all party members who openly aligned with the coalition party were expelled from the PDP forthwith.
According to Edward, the party elders and the local government chairmen, at the parley, frowned at the decision of some members who openly aligned themselves with ADC, stating that they had, doing so, “desecrated the principles of the party by their open declaration for ADC, while still being members of the PDP.”
“Rising from the meeting, the party elders and the local government chairmen frowned at the decision of some members who openly aligned themselves with ADC, stating that they have desecrated the principles of the party by their open declaration for ADC, while still being members of the PDP.
The enlarged Stakeholders Assembly, therefore, moved the motion for the expulsion of all the members, who openly aligned themselves with the coalition, and all the elders voted for their expulsion” the statement said