The you-suspend-me-I-suspend-you drama rocking the opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, took another interesting dimension, Friday, as an integrity-touting faction appointed Alhaja Yayari Ahmed Mohammed as acting National Chairman.
The Crest recalls that the PDP got messier early Friday, as the National Working Committee, NWC, led by acting National Chairman Umar Damagum, suspended the National Legal Adviser, Kamaldeen Ajibade, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, and National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, for alleged anti-party activities.
Not long after, another faction of the NWC, issued a statement by Ologunagba, announcing the suspension of Damagum and National Secretary, Sam Anyanwu, for working against the party’s interest.
Revealing the new national chairman, Ologunagba, representing the integrity group, said that Mohammed’s appointment takes effect immediately and is in line with the PDP’s constitution as amended.
Here are excerpts from the statement: “Following the suspension of His Excellency, Ambassador Illiya Damagum as the Acting National Chairman of our great Party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the National Working Committee (NWC) has approved the appointment of Alhaji Yayari Ahmed Mohammed as the Acting National Chairman.
“The appointment which takes immediate effect is pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the PDP (as amended in 2017)
“The NWC calls on all Organs, leaders, critical stakeholder,s and members of our great Party to remain focused at this critical time especially as the NWC commences arrangements towards the holding of the Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting already scheduled for Thursday, 24th October, 2024.”