Orubebe flays reported suspension

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Godsday Orubebe, on Wednesday described those behind his reported suspension from the Peoples Democratic Party in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State as a group of disgruntled people who were not recognised by the party leadership.

Orubebe was reportedly suspended by a faction of the party  alongside nine others over alleged “gross misconducts likely to bring about disrepute, hatred, contempt and anti-party activities.”

But in an interview with State House correspondents, the minister said he did not recognise the faction who pronounced his suspension, saying members of the faction went from back to impose themselves on the people without regard to those who were duly elected in the local government area.

He said the faction did not have any power whatsoever to suspend him.

He said, “It is a group of disgruntled, illegal body. You are aware that this is a government that stands for the truth, it is a government that is transforming. We had a PDP elected body in place and from behind, a group of people went and imposed an illegal body on the people and I said I will not recognise them because, the one that was duly elected by everybody that came to elect the National Chairman and the national exco is the one that I do recognise.

“And so, that is a factional group which I don’t recognise and they don’t have any power to do what they are doing and they also know that they are just looking for cheap attention and I don’t look at it.

“The authentic chairman who is in court now made it very clear that he is the authentic chairman and he is leading the local government executive and he came out to state categorically that nobody should look at the disco they are dancing.”

He allayed the fear of the people that the situation might have dire consequences on the party ahead of the 2015 elections.

He said everything was in place for them to deliver the local government to the PDP during the election.