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By Henry Umoru
ABUJA- CRISIS rocking the Social Democratic Party, SDP, has taken a caller magnitude arsenic the National Working Committee, NWC, expelled apical officials of the party, including its erstwhile National Chairman, Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam, and National Youth Leader, Mr. Ogbonna Chukwuma Uchechukwu, implicit allegations of misconduct, fiscal misappropriation and maltreatment of office.
The determination was taken connected Thursday successful Abuja astatine the extremity of the NWC gathering and it was sequel to months of probe and disciplinary proceedings.
Addressing journalists astatine the party’s National Secretariat, the National Publicity Secretary, Rufus Aiyenigba, portion speechmaking the communique, explained that the determination followed the adoption of the study of the Disciplinary Committee and a consequent White Paper which reviewed the findings and recommendations connected the allegations brought against the affected officers.
Aiyenigba stressed that the NWC had earlier, connected June 24, 2025, suspended the trio Gabam, Uchechukwu, and the National Auditor, Mr. Clarkson Nnadi, implicit a prima facie lawsuit of misconduct, fiscal impropriety, and gross maltreatment of office.
According to him, to guarantee owed process, the enactment constituted an autarkic Disciplinary Committee connected July 4, 2025, which conducted a two-week probe and submitted its study connected July 18, 2025.
The party’s spokesperson emphasised that the NWC thereafter reviewed and adopted the White Paper connected August 15, 2025, starring to today’s decisive action.
According to him, those dismissed and expelled are Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam – Former National Chairman (dismissed and expelled), Mr. Ogbonna Chukwuma Uchechukwu – Former National Youth Leader (dismissed and expelled).
Others are Mr. Clarkson Nnadi – Former National Auditor (relieved of duties pursuing voluntary resignation) and 8 different members — Adamu Abubakar Modibbo, Abubakar Dogara, Nuraddeen Bisalla, Solsuema Osaro, Ambo Ekpeyong, Eluwa Ifeanyi Henry, Humphrey Unwukaeze, and Judith Israel Shuaibu — for alleged acts of disloyalty and unlawful introduction into the party’s nationalist secretariat connected July 28, 2025.
Aiyenigba added that the enactment expelled members were caught by information operatives successful possession of delicate documents and valuables allegedly removed from the secretariat and are facing transgression prosecution.
According to him, the expulsions were indispensable to “restore integrity, discipline, and interior order” wrong the SDP, adding that different administrative recommendations from the White Paper would beryllium implemented to forestall aboriginal infractions.
“The actions instrumentality contiguous effect from Thursday, October 23, 2025,” the connection work successful part, adding that the decisions were unanimously adopted by members of the National Working Committee.
The NWC reaffirmed its committedness to upholding transparency, accountability, and law bid successful the moving of the Social Democratic Party.
Recall that the NWC of the SDP had connected 24th June suspended Gabam implicit alleged sedate allegations of gross fiscal misconduct, embezzlement, misappropriation, and diversion of enactment funds, conscionable arsenic the enactment besides suspended 2 members of the NWC, namely: Nze Nnadi Clarkson, National Auditor, and Uchechukwu Chukwuma, National Youth Leader, implicit aforesaid offence.
According to a connection past by SDP National Publicity Secretary, Araba Rufus Aiyenigba, had said that the determination followed a solution of a gathering of the NWC, wherever overwhelming evidences were presented linking the suspended officials to a bid of unauthorised fiscal transactions, idiosyncratic enrichment schemes, and question of funds from the party’s accounts without indispensable approvals of the NWC.
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