The embattled national secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola has rubbished the Disciplinary Committee set up by the ruling party, saying that the committee was illegal.

Oyinlola, in a statement through his media aide, Deji Falegan stated that nominations to membership of the Disciplinary Committee at the national level shall be ratified by the National Executive Council of the PDP.

According to him, he swore an oath of office that he will respect and protect the norm of the PDP in his capacity as the custodian of the seal of the party, hence will not be part of any kind of illegality.

Oyinlola according to the statement will not recognize any Committee or panel that is alien to the National Executive Committee of the party adding that as a law-abiding member of the PDP, he is not aware of the composition of any disciplinary panel that is not ratified or known to the National Executive Committee of the PDP’’.

He established that he has not received any correspondence from any quarters and would not honor any invitation from any illegal body since that would amount to violating the constitution of the party.

The embattled secretary noted that as individuals and elders, the PDP national secretary has great respect for the members of the NWC, one which is however, not recognized by the PDP constitution which stipulates that the party’s NEC is the statutory body to approve the composition of a disciplinary body at the national level.

He stressed that the first meeting of NEC of PDP, which is statutorily expected to be a quarterly affair, deliberated on the composition of NEC but never agreed on its membership at the meeting adding that he is also sure that the second NEC meeting, out of the seven meetings that ought to have been held statutorily by the present NWC did not also agree on the membership of any Disciplinary Committee noting that it is rather funny, illogical and antithetical to democratic conduct for the NWC that has consistently denigrated the judiciary, the constitution of the PDP , and even the norm of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to be talking about discipline and internal party democracy, when it has continued to show disregard for the rule of law, and fundamental human rights.