The National Caucus of the ruling PDP has explained that the suspension of Gov. Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers was not lifted because of a pending case challenging the action.
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The party organ gave the explanation late on Tuesday after a meeting, presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
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In an interview with State House correspondents after the closed-door meeting which ended at about 11 p.m., the Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Mr Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom, said the body was briefed on Amaechi's suspension.
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Akpabio explained that reversing Amaechi's suspension from the party would amount to over- reaching the decision of a competent court, sitting on the case challenging the action.