National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, says Senator Buruji Kashamu was not a member of the party as he had been expelled.
Secondus made this known while speaking to reporters in Abuja on Saturday
He also said there was no crisis within the chapters of the party in Ondo, Ogun and Ekiti states, explaining that once the COVID-19 pandemic is contained, the perceived misunderstanding would be sorted out.
Speaking on Senator Buruji, the national chairman explained that prior to the general elections in 2019, he was expelled due to his anti-party activities.
“From our records, he is an expelled member and I have no record as the national chairman of PDP that he has returned”, he said.
Secondus said the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, announced the expulsion of Senator Buruji Kashamu at the end of an emergency National Executive Committee meeting of the party in Abuja.
On the crisis in Ogun state chapter of the party, Secondus said that indeed there was no crisis, as “on March 4, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja granted an order to prevent the Buruji faction led by Engr Adebayo Dayo from conducting ward, local government and state congresses in the state”.
Secondus reiterated the position of the party, explaining that the PDP has not conducted any congress for the election of the party officers at any level of the party – ward, LGA Chapter or state – in Ogun State.
