By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
Ex-Governor of Enugu State and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial candidate for Enugu East, Chimaroke Nnamani, has protested his suspension from the party over allegation of anti-party activities.
Nnamani has openly supported the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu through his Twitter handle, @ChimarokeNnamani.
The PDP slammed Nnamani a suspension with less than 35 days to the election which he is standing as a senatorial candidate for Enugu East. He said he wasn’t given a fair hearing.
“I was never at anytime notified of any petition or complaint against me or informed of the grounds that formed the decision of the NWC of the PDP to suspend me from the party.
“I was not also invited to any meeting , proceeding or hearing of the NWC of the party where my supposed offence(s) was/were discussed.
“I was, therefore, not afforded the opportunity to make representations on my behalf at any meeting where the proposal and decision to suspend me from the party was made.
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“I’m grateful. It is reassuring that my political career is alive. It is not threatened. We are going into the forthcoming elections very confident,”Nnamani said.
But spokesman for the Tinubu/Shettima campaign, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo, said in a tweet that the suspension would have no bearing on the ticket of Nnamani, who is fondly called Ebeano by his supporters.
Keyamo said: “Waste of time; cutting your nose to spite your face. Suspension is of NO EFFECT WHATSOEVER at this time, because the law says he remains a CANDIDATE of the party. A party crumbling in the middle of campaigns! It is failure to respect its own constitution that is now hunting it!”
Nnamani, retweeted Keyamo’s post with an emoji of Ebeano – emi lo kan.
