The Udi Council Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State has recalled five aides of Governor Sullivan Chime who were suspended for anti-party activities.
The Chairman of the Udi PDP, Mr. Uche Ogbodo, who disclosed thi development to newsmen in Enugu on Wednesday said the decision to recall the aides, who were suspended in January 2014, is in compliance with the decisions and directives of the 374th National Working Committee meeting of the party.
The recalled aides are the Secretary to the State Government, Ameachi Okolo; the Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Chijioke Agu; Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Dr. Jude Akubuilo; the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr. Marcus Agu; and the Executive Secretary, Enugu State Industrial Parks Authority, Mr. Ugochukwu Onyema.
Ogbodo also said that the decision to recall the suspended members is in the spirit of the Easter Season of resurrection, forgiveness and restoration.
The Udi PDP chairman noted that in compliance to a letter signed by the party’s National Secretary, Prof. Wale Oladepo, he has instructed his lawyers to file all necessary processes withdrawing Suit No. E/16/2014 – Uche Ogbodo vs. PDP and Ors, which he filed on January 22, 2014 challenging his purported removal from office.
He said, “Cohesive and broad-based associations such as our great party do have their trial moments. However, the consolation is that we have come out stronger and more resolved in our determination to deliver the dividends of democracy to the people of Udi Local Government Area, Enugu State and Nigeria in general.”
Meanwhile, Chime’s aides stated that they were not at anytime suspended from the party.
“The purported suspension has always been the imagination of Uche Ogbodo and his co-travellers,” said the Commissioner for Commerce, Dr. Jude Akubuilo.
