Lagos PDP suspends chairman, deputy
Phillip Aivoji •Constitutes 7-man disciplinary committee •Their action is illegal — Bode George THE crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State, yesterday, worsened, as the party ratified the suspension of its Chairman and Deputy, Messrs Phillip Aivoji and Tai Benedict, respectively, pending the outcome of court cases. Aivoji and Benedict were suspended, respectively, by their ward executives on April 14 over alleged gross violation of the party’s Constitution. Some Lagos PDP leaders abandoned the party’s governorship candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, on the eve of the March 18 governorship election to support the Labour Party, LP, or the All Progressives Congress, APC. The development was believed to have contributed to Adediran coming a distant third behind the winner, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of APC and the first runner-up, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the LP. Giving any update on the suspension, the party’s Publicity Secretary, Mr Hakeem Amode, stated that ...