The National Working Committee, NWC of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, has expelled its former National Chairman, Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam and National Youth Leader, Mr. Ogbonna Chukwuma Uchechukwu, over allegations of misconduct, financial misappropriation and abuse of office.
The decision was taken in Abuja Thursday at the end of the NWC meeting and it was sequel to months of investigation and disciplinary proceedings.
The National Publicity Secretary of the SDP, Rufus Aiyenigba, while reading the communique to newsmen, explained that the move followed the adoption of the report of the Disciplinary Committee and a subsequent White Paper which reviewed the findings and recommendations on the allegations brought against the affected officers.
Aiyenigba stressed that the NWC had on June 24, 2025, suspended the trio of Gabam, Uchechukwu, and the National Auditor, Mr. Clarkson Nnadi, over a prima facie case of misconduct, financial impropriety, and gross abuse of office.
According to him, to ensure due process, the party constituted an independent Disciplinary Committee on July 4, 2025, which conducted a two-week investigation and submitted its report on July 18, 2025.
The party’s spokesman emphasised that the NWC thereafter reviewed and adopted the White Paper on August 15, 2025, leading to today’s decisive action.
According to him, those dismissed and expelled are Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam – Former National Chairman (dismissed and expelled), Mr. Ogbonna Chukwuma Uchechukwu – Former National Youth Leader (dismissed and expelled).
Others are Mr. Clarkson Nnadi – Former National Auditor (relieved of duties following voluntary resignation) and eight other members — Adamu Abubakar Modibbo, Abubakar Dogara, Nuraddeen Bisalla, Solsuema Osaro, Ambo Ekpeyong, Eluwa Ifeanyi Henry, Humphrey Unwukaeze, and Judith Israel Shuaibu — for alleged acts of disloyalty and unlawful entry into the party’s national secretariat on July 28, 2025.
