Frivolous court cases: Makarfi talks tough, PDP may expel Kashamu

Senator Buruji Kashamu (PDP, Ogun East) may be expelled from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) soon.
An angry National Chairman of the party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, dropped this hint on Wednesday at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
He was reacting to series of frivolous court cases traced to Kashamu in the Ogun State chapter of the party.
He also warned that members who are not ready to respect the party’s constitution may be on their way out of PDP.
Speaking while inaugurating the party’s caretaker committees for Osun and Adamawa states, he said: “We have constituted caretaker committees in seven states and all of them are working well. The crisis is only in Ogun chapter and it seems he (Kashamu) is the one fueling it”.
Describing the trend as shameful, the party chairman said such actions would attract severe sanctions and urged members to toe the line of honour by abiding by the ruling of the Supreme Court that affirmed his leadership of the PDP.
Makarfi also urged members to desist from taking the party to court at the slightest opportunity.
He said: “It is very unfortunate that some members are still rushing to court over party matters without following due process. This must stop forthwith, members should embrace ‎peace, we are all members of the party and the interests of all party members will be protected
“From now on, going to court on party matters will be seriously resisted by the leadership. You must look inward for peaceful resolution of your grievances as contained in the party’s constitution.
“Anybody caught doing this or fueling unnecessary crisis in the party will be severely dealt with in line with the constitution of the party.
“Nobody is saying that you should not exercise your fundamental human rights, but in doing so, you should respect the constitution of the party
“Henceforth, we will come hard on those members in line with our party’s constitution. Those concerned should retrace their steps because a tree cannot make a forest”.