By Henry Umoru
ABUJA- CRISIS rocking the Social Democratic Social gathering, SDP, has taken a brand new dimension because the Nationwide Working Committee, NWC, expelled prime officers of the social gathering, together with its former Nationwide Chairman, Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam, and Nationwide Youth Chief, Mr. Ogbonna Chukwuma Uchechukwu, over allegations of misconduct, monetary misappropriation and abuse of workplace.
The choice was taken on Thursday in Abuja on the finish of the NWC assembly and it was sequel to months of investigation and disciplinary proceedings.
Addressing journalists on the social gathering’s Nationwide Secretariat, the Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Rufus Aiyenigba, whereas studying the communique, defined that the transfer adopted the adoption of the report of the Disciplinary Committee and a subsequent White Paper which reviewed the findings and suggestions on the allegations introduced in opposition to the affected officers.
Aiyenigba confused that the NWC had earlier, on June 24, 2025, suspended the trio Gabam, Uchechukwu, and the Nationwide Auditor, Mr. Clarkson Nnadi, over a prima facie case of misconduct, monetary impropriety, and gross abuse of workplace.
In response to him, to make sure due course of, the social gathering constituted an unbiased Disciplinary Committee on July 4, 2025, which carried out a two-week investigation and submitted its report on July 18, 2025.
The social gathering’s spokesman emphasised that the NWC thereafter reviewed and adopted the White Paper on August 15, 2025, resulting in right this moment’s decisive motion.
In response to him, these dismissed and expelled are Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam – Former Nationwide Chairman (dismissed and expelled), Mr. Ogbonna Chukwuma Uchechukwu – Former Nationwide Youth Chief (dismissed and expelled).
Others are Mr. Clarkson Nnadi – Former Nationwide Auditor (relieved of duties following voluntary resignation) and eight 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 illegal entry into the social gathering’s nationwide secretariat on July 28, 2025.
Aiyenigba added that the social gathering expelled members had been caught by safety operatives in possession of delicate paperwork and valuables allegedly faraway from the secretariat and are going through legal prosecution.
In response to him, the expulsions had been essential to “restore integrity, self-discipline, and inner order” inside the SDP, including that different administrative suggestions from the White Paper could be carried out to stop future infractions.
“The actions take rapid impact from Thursday, October 23, 2025,” the assertion learn partly, including that the choices had been unanimously adopted by members of the Nationwide Working Committee.
The NWC reaffirmed its dedication to upholding transparency, accountability, and constitutional order within the operating of the Social Democratic Social gathering.
Recall that the NWC of the SDP had on twenty fourth June suspended Gabam over alleged grave allegations of gross monetary misconduct, embezzlement, misappropriation, and diversion of social gathering funds, simply because the social gathering additionally suspended two members of the NWC, specifically: Nze Nnadi Clarkson, Nationwide Auditor, and Uchechukwu Chukwuma, Nationwide Youth Chief, over identical offence.
In response to an announcement then by SDP Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Araba Rufus Aiyenigba, had stated that the choice adopted a decision of a gathering of the NWC, the place overwhelming evidences had been offered linking the suspended officers to a collection of unauthorised monetary transactions, private enrichment schemes, and motion of funds from the social gathering’s accounts with out obligatory approvals of the NWC.
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