Desmond Akawor, the Rivers State Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, stated ina recent interview that the party suspended the embattled National Chairman, Uche Secondus, because he was not financially committed to the party.

PDP suspends its National Chairman.

The chairman stated that “As of today, he remains suspended. He was suspended at the Ward level, of course, ratified by the Local Government Area and the State level. As of today, he is no longer our national chairman.

“We now have an acting chairman. He (Secondus) completely derailed from the tenets of the party,” Akawor said.

Asked why the state PDP does not want Secondus as the party’s national chairman he said, “I will definitely mention one key point.

“June 3rd, I wrote a letter to all Wards that they should furnish us with names of party members that are dead, party members that have not paid their dues; and party members one way or the other that have decamped.

“Among the Wards that responded was Ward 5 in Andoni, and it clearly shows that he (Secondus) has not paid his dues.