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by Victor Ndubuisi
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Dr. Olu Agunloye has reacted to his suspension as the Social Democratic Party’s National Chairman (SDP).

According to Anaedoonline.ng, Agunloye was suspended by the party’s Ondo State chapter in a letter dated March 28 due to suspected anti-party conduct.

Agunloye was accused of introducing non-party members into the party to sow confusion and disrupt the duties of the party executives at both the state and local government levels, according to the suspension letter.

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Agunloye was suspended from his ward (ward 10) in Ondo state, according to the letter, after a decision passed at a meeting of the ward executive members.

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In response to the news, Agunloye said his suspension was “a joke carried too far,” and that he had not been suspended as reported by the party’s Ondo state branch.

The former Senator from Ondo stated that wards, local governments, or the state could not remove the party’s national chairman, calling the action “political rascality.”

He stated that the ward or state chapter may only suggest his suspension to the party’s National Working Committee, and that members should reject the letter.

“No. Nothing like that. l am presiding as national chairman in Abuja as we write. Besides, wards or local government or state cannot suspend.

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“They can only recommend to the National Working Committee, which the committee can recommend to NEC (National Executive Council). Please, disregard political rascalities,” he said in a statement.

Speaking on the development, Ondo state chairman of SDP, Dele Ogunbameru, said the suspension of Agunloye from the party was valid and backed by the party’s constitution.

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Ogunbameru said the state working committee was concerned over the endless anti-party activities and other infractions committed by Agunloye.

“It was on this note that the state executive committee met in an emergency session and also suspended the membership of Dr Agunloye from the party,” he said.

 

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