The National Working Committee (NWC), of the Peoples' Democratic Party, has suspended the party's North East National Vice Chairman, Alhaji Girigiri Lawal.
According to a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by PDP's National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Olisa Metuh, the suspension takes immediate effect.
The statement said the NWC took the decision in furtherance of its resolve to entrench discipline at all levels of the party's operations.
It added that Lawal had earlier been invited by the party`s NWC for preliminary hearing on an alleged violation of the party's constitution.
"After the preliminary hearing, the NWC resolved to suspend Lawal for a period of one month with effect from October 12.
"The matter has been referred to the National Disciplinary Committee of our party for further action,'' the News Agency of Nigeria quoted Metuh as saying in the statement.
revisiting it on time is what i pray for
Whomever PDP suspends is not my business, bunch of corrupt politicians.