Gombe SDP suspends 4 officials over anti-party activity

By Najib Sani, Gombe

Gombe State chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), has suspended four officials for alleged anti party activity.

Our correspondent reports that the four officials include; the Gombe local government chairman of the party, the state assistant secretary, state welfare secretary and member of the party’s contact committee.

Their suspension was unanimously endorsed by the state executives of the party including chairmen of the party in the 11 local government areas of the state.

At a press conference on Saturday, the state publicity secretary of the party, Mohammed Abdulkadir Kumo, who read the resolution of the party, said they had received ‘intelligence information’ that the suspended officials met with a politician in the state who is not a member of SDP and “collected the contact” to cause crisis within the party.

He mentioned the affected officials to include; the state Assistant secretary, Aron Yakubu, welfare secretary, Usman Yahya,  member contact committee, Lukman Adamu and Gombe local government chairman of the party, Musa Adamu.