'Amaechi remains suspended'

The Peoples Democratic Party has said the
Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi,
remains suspended from the pay.
The party also said it recognises Mr. Tony
Nwoye as its governorship candidate for the
November 16 governorship election in
Anambra State.
Acting National Secretary of the party, Dr.
Charles Akitoye, stated this while speaking at
the mini convention of the party.
Akitoye, who was giving the secretariat
report since he assumed office on June 20
following the resignation of some members
of the National Working Committee of the
party, insisted that discipline must be
maintained in the party.
He said, "Governor Rotimi Amaechi was
suspended due to anti-party activities and
the suspension subsists. We have to
maintain discipline in the party if we must
move forward."
On Anambra State, he said the governorship
primary that produced Nwoye was the one
recognised by the party.
He said the parallel primary, which was
conducted by Mr. Ejike Oguebego , was not
known to the party.
The unrecognised primary produced Sen.
Andy Uba as the party's flag bearer for the
election.
Akitoye said the party was unable to elect a
substantive national secretary due to the
court case, which he said stopped the party
from doing so.
He also said because of the case, it was not
possible to elect officers of the party from
the zone and therefore, only statutory
delegates from the zone voted at the
convention.