Wike can be expelled if the proper procedures are followed, according to the court

The court ruled that the party has the authority to remove or suspend any member, but that such action must be done in accordance with due process.A Federal High Court in Abuja has decided that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has the constitutional authority to suspend or expel former Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike only if due procedure is followed.This was the verdict issued by Justice James Omotosho on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, while delivering judgement in the suit filed by Wike to stop the PDP from either suspending or expelling him without according to him fair hearing. It'd be recalled that Wike has been at loggerheads with the national executive of the PDP since the conclusion of the party's presidential primary election in May last year, where he finished second behind Atiku Abubakar. He and four other aggrieved governors (now former) insisted that it was against the spirit of justice, equity and fairness for another northerner to succeed former President Muhammadu Buhari and Wike in particular vociferously campaigned against his party's presidential candidate.