Some People’s Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in the National Assembly have raised the alarm over an alleged plot to impose Umar Damagum as the party’s National Chairman.


They said that the plan involves shifting the election of a new national chairman to August at Thursday’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting.

According to them, the plan was also to elect All Progressives Congress (APC) members as executives of PDP in State chapters.

The spokesperson of the group, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, speaking to journalists early Thursday morning, noted that with the withdrawal of pending court cases by the suspended national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, all impediments to the emergence of new PDP national chairman at Thursday’s NEC meeting had been removed.


According to him, the former PDP national chairman Ayu’s case was used as an excuse for Damagun to attempt to elongate his illegal stay in office, but to their shock Ayu made a huge sacrifice by withdrawing his case against the party from the Appeal Court, thereby paving the way for the emergence of another North Central person as PDP national chairman.

He, however, said that they received intelligence reports of the pre and post-caucus meeting outcomes with an alleged plan to give Damagum a soft landing up to August 2024 and by so doing, elect APC members as PDP State Executives in over 19 states of the Federation.

According to Ugochinyere, this means that by the time a North-Central person emerges as the new national chairman, all state congresses would have been held for fresh four-year tenure in over 19 states with APC officials planted into the heart of the party, thereby burying the party and suffocating it and killing any survival attempt.

The lawmakers said, “We say no to the last-minute plan to shift today’s expected Umar Damagum step down as acting chairman of PDP to August before North-Central can take the chairmanship of the party, which is a last-minute plan by the APC loyalists backing him to give them room to use the few months extension to use Damagum to inflict irreversible damage to PDP by filling the over 19 states with expiring state Executives with pro-APC members as officials.

“The extension is a plan to elect APC members as executives of state chapters, thereby planting those who will massively decamp to APC to create the impression of crisis in the party. The NEC must arise and state it clearly and give our party the leadership it deserves.

“Former Chairman Ayu’s case was used as an excuse for Damagum to attempt to elongate his illegal stay, but to our shock, Ayu made a huge sacrifice by withdrawing his case, thereby paving the way for the emergence of North-Central person today but the APC agents controlling Damagum after their secret meeting came up with a new agenda which is being sold to party members to allow Damagun handover by August.

“To many, this will be seen as a victory as the Executive will be expiring before the August handover.

“We call and restate our position that Damagum must step down and revert to his deputy chairmanship position, and a North-Central person should be elected as Chairman.”

Source : https://politicsnigeria.com/just-in-pdp-lawmakers-allege-plot-to-impose-damagum-as-partys-national-chairman/

PDP is very funny. You zone national chairman but cant zone the presidential candidate to the south

the acting chair maybe there for three more months. it won't liquidate the party. Damagun is from the North East. same North as Ayu

We are watching and waiting. I will advise nairalanders not to cry more the bereaved

PDP is on Diminishing return nothing can hold it

Cry cry babies. This Ugochinyere carry Rivers State matter for head but has never pleaded the cause of South East in the house let alone his state Imo State.
He has a sleeping eyes on the uprising in Imo State including the restiveness as seen in the East.

I hope arsenal will not go the way of PDP

PDP need to deal with Wike ruthlessly and suspend him.
He is the tool APC is using to bring the nation to one party system by weaking the opposition voice. And this is not good for our democratic system.

You cannot even differentiate between PDP and APC in Rivers state, and that's their end goal.

it's good attempt, I stand with wike, he's the leader of the party.

Obedients and brainwashed ipob were rejoicing yesterday say with the withdrawal of Appeal by Ayu that wike is finished

Obedients listen, wike is a true politician unlike obi who is a trader.

Wike is a master strategist

Wike na man you be

[quote author=slivertongue post=129507264]the acting chair maybe there for three more months. it won't liquidate the party. Damagun is from the North East. same North as Ayu.

See you playing the ostrich!!.
You RIGHTLY pointed out that damagun is from north east but CONVENIENTLY forgot what SECTION OF THE NORTH that AYU IS FROM.
Your clever by half tactics is obsolete and we all know that it's only a NORTH CENTRAL PDP member that is qualified to be the AUTHENTIC and SUBSTANTIVE PDP CHAIRMAN at this time.

slivertongue:
the acting chair maybe there for three more months. it won't liquidate the party. Damagun is from the North East. same North as Ayu

Always check your facts before coming to the public.
Ayu is from Benue middle belt (north central) and not North East

Why are people always quick to blame their misfortune and failures on others. PDP should put their house in order and stop blaming APC for their self inflicted crisis in thier party.

slivertongue:
the acting chair maybe there for three more months. it won't liquidate the party. Damagun is from the North East. same North as Ayu

ayu is not from north east

jiz:
PDP need to deal with Wike ruthlessly and suspend him.
He is the tool APC is using to bring the nation to one party system by weaking the opposition voice. And this is not good for our democratic system.

You cannot even differentiate between PDP and APC in Rivers state, and that's their end goal.

suspend wike and that will be the end of PDP, tinubu make wike fct minister to checkmate PDP activities, some of the top PDP members are afraid of their property been demolish

Confirmedzombie:
Obedients and brainwashed ipob were rejoicing yesterday say with the withdrawal of Appeal by Ayu that wike is finished

Obedients listen, wike is a true politician unlike obi who is a trader.

Wike is a master strategist

Wike na man you be

There was a time in history that PDP was left for Wike and Wike alone, he fought for the party, spent for the party and rescued the party from collapse in the hands of Ali Sheriff.

PDP was sold to Wike and today’s event has confirmed it.

It’s time to accept defeat and move on.

Same news as some days ago.

Confirmedzombie:
Obedients and brainwashed ipob were rejoicing yesterday say with the withdrawal of Appeal by Ayu that wike is finished

Obedients listen, wike is a true politician unlike obi who is a trader.

Wike is a master strategist

Wike na man you be

Na so but Rivers State big pass am😂😂😂

fuckJones:
ayu is not from north east

I said same North as Ayu

God please PDAPC

jiz:
PDP need to deal with Wike ruthlessly and suspend him.
He is the tool APC is using to bring the nation to one party system by weaking the opposition voice. And this is not good for our democratic system.

You cannot even differentiate between PDP and APC in Rivers state, and that's their end goal.

Tell me ome crime Wike committed with evidence?

Useless weak party that can not expel all their members that were involved in anti party in the last election despite the fact that their constitution stipulated that they should be expel but the like of wike and his faction are still parading themselves as pdp members and trying to install party chairman both at state and national level. what a joke!

Like PDP Like Labour party.

Nothing concern me with party of Judas Iscariot

You don't expell someone who controls the party chairman and secretary. Someone who can go with one third of the party members. APC is waiting for that.

Chucks13:


Tell me ome crime Wike committed with evidence?

Wike committed and engaged in an antiparty activity. For even disallowing PDP to hold their presidential rally in Porthacourt, that alone is a big offence that the party should have weird their long stock on him.

piriton:
You don't expell someone who controls the party chairman and secretary. Someone who can go with one third of the party members. APC is waiting for that.

They are not playing their political game well. Arrange for the suspension of those linked with Wike at their ward level or place a vote of no confidence on them at the ward level and then suspend them.
They have let loose PDP too much and allow opposition infiltration into the party. The handiwork of Wike.

Whalis:
Cry cry babies. This Ugochinyere carry Rivers State matter for head but has never pleaded the course of South East in the house let alone his state Imo State.
He has a sleeping eyes on the uprising im Imo State including the restlessness as seen in the East.

keep crying
Your lord wike cannot eat his cake and have it.... people founded that party and wkie cannot just wake up and destroy it because lost an election

IfnobeGod20:

Wike committed and engaged in an antiparty activity. For even disallowing PDP to hold their presidential rally in Porthacourt, that alone is a big offence that the party should have weird their long stock on him.

Really

IfnobeGod20:

Wike committed and engaged in an antiparty activity. For even disallowing PDP to hold their presidential rally in Porthacourt, that alone is a big offence that the party should have weird their long stock on him.

when the party refused to do the right.he that comes to equity must come with clean hands