The Abia State Working Committee (SWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday (Tuesday), during a meeting at its Umuahia State Head Office, announced to journalists that it has expelled the former Senate President, Chief Adolphus Wabara, who is also the Chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees (BoT), from the party membership with immediate effect.

The state Chairman, Elder Abraham Amah, said the expulsion was a sequel to Senator Wabara’s alleged anti-party activity, which Amah stated included his call for the re-election of the Abia State governor of the ruling Labour Party for a second term in office.

Senator Wabara was reported to have stated that he did not speak for the PDP but for himself as a citizen of Nigeria.

Recall that Wabara was earlier announced suspended from the party by the same Abia SWC, but the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, quickly voided it in a statement.

In a statement released to journalists, it was stated that the Abia SWC expelled Senator Wabara after reviewing the findings and recommendations of its Disciplinary Committee (DC) on Tuesday, 25 February 2025.

The statement read, “After a thorough review of the DC findings and recommendations regarding Senator Adolphus Wabara, the SWC unanimously approved the recommendation and decided that Senator Wabara be expelled from the PDP in line with Article 57 (3) and 59 (1) of the PDP Constitution 2017 as amended, which stipulate that an expelled member cannot exercise any rights and privileges within the party.”

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The SWC consequently recommended the immediate appointment of an Acting BoT Chairman by the National Working Committee and the National Executive Committee of the party.

The SWC statement, dated 25 February 2025, which was jointly signed by the Chairman and Secretary, Elder Abraham Amah and Chief Peter Nwaokonko respectively, for and on behalf of the members of the SEC, “re-affirmed the state PDP’s commitment to upholding party discipline and that all members must operate within the framework of the PDP Constitution (2017) as amended.”

An Abia State High Court sitting at Obehie, Ukwa West Council, presided over by Mr. Justice LTC Eruba, had restrained Amah from enforcing Senator Wabara’s suspension.

Senator Wabara had, in a suit marked HUK/8/2025, sought to restrain Amah, the defendant, from enforcing his said suspension.