{"id":92364,"date":"2023-07-18T20:56:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T19:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/abia-assembly-suspends-leader-of-pdp-caucus-akpulonu-for-14-days"},"modified":"2023-07-18T23:33:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T22:33:16","slug":"abia-assembly-suspends-leader-of-pdp-caucus-akpulonu-for-14-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/abia-assembly-suspends-leader-of-pdp-caucus-akpulonu-for-14-days","title":{"rendered":"Abia Assembly suspends leader of PDP caucus Akpulonu for 14 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The member representing Obingwa East state constituency in the Abia State House of Assembly and leader of the PDP caucus, Solomon Akpulonu, has been suspended for 14 sitting days.<\/p>\n<p>Making the pronouncement on the floor of the Abia State House of Assembly on Tuesday, the Speaker of the House, Emmanuel Emeruwa, said the 8th Abia House of Assembly cannot tolerate acts of insubordination, adding that Akpulonu has been inciting members of the House against the leadership of the 8th Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that it was absolutely wrong for the lawmaker to be granting media interviews and revealing all the House has been doing without proper clearance from the leadership of the assembly, insisting that what is done in the House should remain in the House.<\/p>\n<p>Emeruwa said Akpulonu has been causing chaos in the assembly since its inauguration. Stressing that he has tolerated him for too long, he insisted that, as lawmakers, it is normal to disagree as long as it is done with decorum and within the confines of the law.<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker further stated that even though Akpulonu was not present during plenary, his suspension would be communicated to him immediately.<\/p>\n<p>11 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 8th House of Assembly staged walkouts protesting that the majority seat, among others, be given to the party since they conceded the speakership and deputy speakership of the House to the Labour Party, which has 10 members.<\/p>\n<p>Following the development, the Speaker of the House had, two weeks ago, cautioned against any form of distraction by some members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The member representing Obingwa East state constituency in the Abia State House of Assembly and leader of the PDP caucus, Solomon Akpulonu, has been suspended for 14 sitting days. Making the pronouncement on the floor of the Abia State House of Assembly on Tuesday, the Speaker of the House, Emmanuel Emeruwa, said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":92363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[4740,1570,2140,10880,254,65],"class_list":["post-92364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-abia-assembly","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-akpulonu","tag-nigeria","tag-pdp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Abia Assembly suspends leader of PDP caucus Akpulonu for 14 days - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The member representing Obingwa East state constituency in the Abia State House of Assembly and leader of the PDP caucus ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/abia-assembly-suspends-leader-of-pdp-caucus-akpulonu-for-14-days\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Abia Assembly suspends leader of PDP caucus Akpulonu for 14 days\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The member representing Obingwa East state constituency in the Abia State House of Assembly and leader of the PDP caucus ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/abia-assembly-suspends-leader-of-pdp-caucus-akpulonu-for-14-days\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-18T19:56:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-18T22:33:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/sm_1689703282.013354.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/abia-assembly-suspends-leader-of-pdp-caucus-akpulonu-for-14-days#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/abia-assembly-suspends-leader-of-pdp-caucus-akpulonu-for-14-days\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Abia Assembly suspends leader of PDP caucus Akpulonu for 14 days\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-18T19:56:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-18T22:33:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/abia-assembly-suspends-leader-of-pdp-caucus-akpulonu-for-14-days\"},\"wordCount\":281,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/abia-assembly-suspends-leader-of-pdp-caucus-akpulonu-for-14-days#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/sm_1689703282.013354.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Abia Assembly\",\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Akpulonu\",\"Nigeria\",\"PDP\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/abia-assembly-suspends-leader-of-pdp-caucus-akpulonu-for-14-days#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/abia-assembly-suspends-leader-of-pdp-caucus-akpulonu-for-14-days\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/abia-assembly-suspends-leader-of-pdp-caucus-akpulonu-for-14-days\",\"name\":\"Abia Assembly suspends leader of PDP caucus Akpulonu for 14 days - 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