The Plateau State Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party in Jos was on Friday locked up following a fresh leadership crisis between two factions. The development, which occurred in the early hours, was said to have been brewing up since last week when the Yakubu Chocho-led State Executive was given the nod by the National
The Plateau State Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party in Jos was on Friday locked up following a fresh leadership crisis between two factions.
The crisis began soon after the 2019 governorship election which was won by the incumbent candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Simon Lalong. Akans in a statement he signed as “member of the caretaker committee, head of publicity,” said, “Our dear PDP faithful, as you are all aware our tenure as elected state executives ended on the 10th May 2020, accordingly, the National Working Committee upon the expiration of our tenure directed that in line with Section 29 and 31 of our party’s constitution 2017 as amended, also approved the re- constitution of the present Exco as the caretaker committee in order to avoid any vacuum pending when...
Yakubu Chocho, who leads the first group told DAILY POST in an interview that, his team was officially mandated to continue as caretaker committee stressing, “If some people are claiming to be caretaker committee, where is their appointment letter? The Party is one and the Party is supreme, under my leadership by the grace of God, we will overcome all these. We did not lobby for the seat, if anyone wants it, let them go to the National Secretariat.
The Caretaker Chairman Nandom Pyennap of the new group stated that, “As we all are aware, the outgone Excos are seeking reflection and cannot continue or be appointed as Caretaker Committee base on Section 31 of PDP constitution 2017 as amended.”
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