The battle for the soul of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is set to reach a climax as stakeholders of the main opposition
The battle for the soul of the Peoples Democratic Party is set to reach a climax as stakeholders of the main opposition party hold its 98th National Executive Committee meeting tomorrow after its caucus and Board of Trustees meeting today.
In a statement yesterday, the national publicity secretary of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba, declared that all those who are not constitutionally recognised as members of the PDP NEC should stay away. “There are those who have come up with the argument that the vacancy does not exist in the office of the chairmanship and they argue that Damagun is there because the constitution provides that where the chairman ceases to exist either by resignation, by death and by all the conditions put forward by the constitution, the deputy national chairman from that zone, that is from the north-south dichotomy would be the one to stand in office pending when a substantive chairman is brought forward.
According to a source, the governors are basing their actions on being the major financiers of the party. However, Wike’s camp has lately been thrown into confusion as one of the G-5 members and governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has reportedly pulled out of the group and working and galvanising resources to become a rallying point among all the PDP governors. It was learnt that the governors are positioning themselves to dictate the pace at which the meeting will go.
While the Wike-led camp is rooting for Illiya Damagum to retain his seat as the PDP national chairman, the other camp, led by Atiku is pushing for the emergence of Senator Gabriel Suswam. Both camps it was learnt, have intensified efforts to ensure their loyalists from the North Central geopolitical zone emerge as Ayu’s replacement.
The PDP crisis deepened following the inability of the Reps caucus of the party to agree on the issue revolving around the endorsement of the continuous stay of Damagun in office. The majority of PDP federal lawmakers refused to allow the meeting to arise with such a decision. The meeting, which was called by loyalists of Wike led by minority leader, Kingsley Chinda and Ali Isa, minority whip on behalf of all PDP House of Representatives members, was tension-soaked with serious political arguments, which ended without the expectation of the pro-Wike Damagun group being met.
“The NEC of the party should ensure that the list of party Caretaker Committees in Rivers State and all other 10 states tampered with by Damagun and his APC friends are reversed and announced as originally agreed, that is by extension of the tenures of the outgoing leadership. Apart from Suswam, former minister Humphrey Abba and Dr Emmanuel Agbo have indicated interest in emerging as party chairman. They all hail from North Central.
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