Indications have emerged that the Social Democratic Party (SDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has concluded plans to expel its suspended National Chairman, Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam and two others.
According to Vanguard, the SDP’s NWC will also drag the trio before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for further prosecution following their refusal to appear before its probe panel.
It was gathered that the trio refused to appear before the panel to defend themselves against allegations of gross financial misconduct, embezzlement, misappropriation, and diversion of the party’s fund put at over ₦1 billion naira by Gabam and others.
This is following the presentation of a probe report of a fact-finding Committee.
Presenting his report before the Acting National Chairman, Dr.Sadiq Abubakar and other members of NWC, Chairman of the five-member probe panel, Air Vice Marshal Abubakar-Sadick Liman, said that it was only the suspended National Auditor who honoured the invitation amongst the 3 allegedly accused persons.
He said among the NWC members, only the National Organizing Secretary vehemently refused to honour the Committee’s invitation.
Presenting the report to the Acting National Chairman, Liman said, “It will be recalled that the National Working Committee of the Party inaugurated this noble Disciplinary Committee comprising distinguished party members on Friday, 4th July, 2025. The Committee was tasked to investigate in depth, the prima facie case of criminal conspiracy, fraud and theft against three members of the Party.
“Accordingly, the Terms of Reference of the Committee included; Fact finding the truth regarding the allegations of breaches of the 2022 constitution of the party as amended; Examine the state of accounts of the party; Determine the circumstances surrounding the production and submission of audited accounts submitted to INEC in the name of the Party.
“Advice on better ways to manage the finances of the party to prevent abuses and breach of the Party Constitution. And make appropriate recommendations. And submit its report within 14 days.
“In line with the task and Terms of Reference, the Committee commenced sitting on Saturday, 5th July, 2025 in the Conference Room of the National Secretariat of the Party. In order to meet up with the 14 days deadline, the Committee quickly wrote letters of invitation to the allegedly accused party members and all NWC to appear at given dates and times to make statements about their levels of involvement or otherwise. All members of the NWC, personal staff of the suspended Chairman, Contractors and the External Auditor were invited in the interest of natural justice and fair hearing.
“It is noteworthy that it’s the only Suspended National Auditor that honored the invitation amongst the 3 allegedly accused persons. While among the NWC members, only the National Organizing Secretary vehemently refused to honour the Committee’s invitation. It is safe to state that the Committee obtained sufficient evidence from the Statements of all those that appeared before it. Additionally, the documentary evidence provided by the NWC were valuable to the Committee
“Drawing from the Statements, interactions and the documents, the Committee made some findings and far-reaching recommendations. Its hope that the Party would implement the recommendations with a view to repositioning the party to effectively and efficiently perform its functions.
“The Committee is also of the view that this Report would impact positively on the Party and Nigeria at large, if its recommendations are religiously implemented. This is because the recommendations were not for the upliftment of the Party alone, but to send a clear message to Nigerians that they should not lose hope in our democratic process and leaderships at all levels. As SDP has taken a bold step towards cleansing itself to provide purposeful leadership to Nigerians by imbibing the core attribute of quality leadership, such as; integrity, vision, empathy, accountability, transparency, courage, humility, patriotism, incorruptibility, high level of morality and credibility amongst others.”
Recalls that the SDP leadership had on 4th July began the probe into alleged gross financial misconduct, embezzlement, misappropriation, and diversion of party’s fund put at over ₦1 billion naira by Musa Gabam and two others.
The NWC had inaugurated a five man Committee to in Fourteen days, carry out a holistic investigation into allegations raised against Gabam and two other members of the NWC namely: Nze Nnadi Clarkson, National Auditor, and Uchechukwu Chukwuma, National Youth Leader.
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