By Peter Onyekachukwu 
By Peter Onyekachukwu, Port Harcourt
Hon. George Turnah, South-South Zonal Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and caretaker chairman of Bayelsa State PDP, has rejected claims of his expulsion, calling the move a “pitiful display of desperation” by party opportunists.
In a statement on Sunday by his media aide, Kelvin Loveday Egbo, Turnah said the announcement, allegedly made at a “social gathering in Ibadan,” was illegitimate and should be disregarded by the public.
He reiterated that he remains a bona fide member and elected official of the PDP, with unwavering loyalty to the party and its national leader, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike.
Turnah added that no national convention has been held since the 2022 congress that elected the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, and stressed that the PDP constitution provides clear disciplinary procedures, including the right to a fair hearing—none of which were followed in this case.
“It is nothing more than a pitiful display of desperation from certain political opportunists and mischief-makers within the Party,” he said.