Fireworks Expected As Delta PDP Suspends Senator Nwaoboshi

The long expected fireworks in the Delta State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP was unfolding on Wednesday after the State Working Committee (SWC) of the party suspended Senator Peter Nwaoboshi for one month.

The one month suspension follows recent attacks by Nwaoboshi on the person of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa which have also been shadowed by popular rumours of the imminent defection of Nwaoboshi to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Nwaoboshi who represents the governor’s Delta North Senatorial Constituency was in any case expected to succumb to the expected move by Senator Okowa to return to the Senate after two terms as governor.

Besides that imminent clash for the party’s ticket, Nwaoboshi has been accused of overt romance with Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, the deputy president of the Senate who is from the neighbouring Delta Central Senatorial District.

Announcing the suspension of Nwaoboshi, a former chairman of the state chapter of the party at the end of an emergency meeting on Wednesday, State Publicity Secretary, Dr Ifeanyi Osuoza, in a statement, said:

“This action has become necessary against the backdrop of the recent romance with an opposition party, verbal recklessness, and unprovoked utterances of Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, particularly against the person of His Excellency, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, the Executive Governor of Delta State, which the PDP State Working Committee views strongly as totally unacceptable, disturbing and unbecoming of a politician and party member of his stature.”

“The PDP State Working Committee is in no doubt that the rash, unguarded, confused and heavily noxious, and vitriolic attacks by Senator Nwaoboshi, a serving Senator and a very recent chairman of our great party, are potentially inimical to the peace and harmony of the Party and tantamount to causing discord and disaffection among loyal Party members.

“The suspension, therefore, though obligatory, has sadly become imperative and inevitable, especially given the dramatic spontaneity and over-zealousness of his verbal attacks, which are totally out of character and may have suspiciously been induced by circumstances which defy immediate rational analysis and comprehension.

“The matter has been referred to the State Disciplinary Committee, in order to afford Senator Nwaoboshi a fair hearing and the opportunity to appear before it and defend himself over his recent utterances and actions against the Party and its leadership, in the state.

“We urge all party faithful to remain calm in the face of these provocations and maintain the peace, maturity, and party harmony which have been and will continue to remain the hallmarks of our great party,” the party spokesperson added.

Nwaoboshi has yet to formally respond to the development but fireworks are expected from his reaction.

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