Dabin Resigns as Plateau PDP Chair

Suspended chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Plateau State, Dr. Haruna Dabin has resigned his position, even as the national secretariat of the party has faulted the suspension order slammed on the erstwhile party chairman. In his letter of resignation, addressed to the PDP National Chairman, dated July 19, Dabin said he resigned to enable him contest the 2015 governorship election, thanking the party leadership and Governor Jonah Jang for their support throughout his tenure Dabin had earlier been suspended as chairman by the state executive committee, SEC, of the party, which mandated the deputy chairman, Hon Raymond Dabo, to take over the affairs of the party as acting state chairman pending the outcome of a disciplinary inquiry against the former chairman bordering on gross misconduct.