The  National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday said former Minister of Works, Senator Barnabas Gemade, Professor Terhemba Shija, and five others, suspended by the Benue State Executive Committee of the party, remain bonafide members of the APC.

Chairman of the APC in Benue, Austin Agada, in a statement on Wednesday, said Gemade and the other six members were suspended for anti-party activities during a stakeholders’ meeting in Makurdi, the state capital.

Announcing the reversal of the suspension,  National Publicity Secretary of the party,  Barr. Felix Morka, in a statement directed that the said suspension and all related actions, be set aside pending further review and decision of the Party’s NWC on the matter.

The statement read: “The attention of the National Headquarters of All Progressives Congress (APC) has been drawn to media reports of the purported suspension of Senator Barnabas Gemade, Professor Terhemba Shija, and five others by the Benue State Executive Committee of our Party.

“The Party has directed that the said suspension and all related actions in the matter be, and are hereby, set aside pending further review and decision of the Party’s National Working Committee (NWC) on the matter.

“Therefore, Senator Gemade, Professor Shija, and five others that are affected by the said suspension are, and remain, bonafide members of the Benue State Chapter of our Party.”