{"id":68935,"date":"2025-06-25T05:55:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T05:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=68935"},"modified":"2025-06-25T05:55:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T05:55:26","slug":"sdp-suspends-national-chairman-gabam-over-alleged-financial-misconduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/25\/sdp-suspends-national-chairman-gabam-over-alleged-financial-misconduct\/","title":{"rendered":"SDP Suspends National Chairman Gabam Over Alleged Financial Misconduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Samuel Adeola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Social Democratic Party (SDP), has suspended its National Chairman, Shehu Musa Gabam, over allegations of financial misconduct and abuse of office.<\/p>\n<p>Also affected by the suspension are the party\u2019s National Auditor, Nnadi Clarkson, and National Youth Leader, Uchechukwu Chukwuma.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Tuesday, SDP\u2019s National Publicity Secretary, Rufus Aiyenigba, said the decision followed \u201cgrave allegations of embezzlement, misappropriation, and diversion of party funds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the action was taken in accordance with Articles 19.1, 19.3(i), and 19.5 of the party&#8217;s 2022 amended constitution.<\/p>\n<p>According to Aiyenigba, the suspensions were based on the findings of the National Working Committee (NWC), which reviewed what it described as \u201coverwhelming evidence\u201d of unauthorized financial transactions, personal enrichment, and illegal diversion of party resources without NWC approval.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis action is part of our commitment to transparency and accountability,\u201d the statement read. \u201cThe SDP is determined to show Nigerians that we have zero tolerance for corruption and financial recklessness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An interim audit panel has been constituted to examine the party\u2019s financial records and recommend appropriate disciplinary or legal action.<\/p>\n<p>In the interim, Deputy National Chairman, Sadiq Umar Abubakar, has been appointed to serve as Acting National Chairman pending the outcome of investigations.<\/p>\n<p>The party further disclosed that it has formally notified the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), anti-graft agencies, and relevant security bodies of the development.<\/p>\n<p>The suspensions mark a major shakeup within the SDP leadership as the party attempts to reinforce public confidence ahead of upcoming electoral cycles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Adeola The Social Democratic Party (SDP), has suspended its National Chairman, Shehu Musa Gabam, over allegations of financial misconduct and abuse of office. Also affected by the suspension are the party\u2019s National Auditor, Nnadi Clarkson, and National Youth Leader, Uchechukwu Chukwuma. In a statement issued on Tuesday, SDP\u2019s National Publicity Secretary, Rufus Aiyenigba, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":68936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68937,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68935\/revisions\/68937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}