₦airaland Forum

February 21, 2025

Contrary to statement credited to the National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Hon Debo Olagunagba that the North East and Southeast zonal congresses would hold tomorrow, Saturday, February 22, 2025 as against my earlier letter with reference No: PDP/DOM/GF.2//VOL. 13/25-005 announcing its withdrawal.

There was no time the National Working Committee of our great party met and approve the conduct of North East and Southeast zonal congresses on Saturday, February 22, 2025 resoectively.

This statement purpotedly signed by Hon Debo Olagunagba is misleading and does not reflect the decision of the party's NWC. Our party officers should refrain from creating internal division now that PDP is facing challenges.

The public is urged to disregard the notice as information regarding new date for the conduct of zonal congresses will be communicated.

Signed

Umar M. Bature
National Organizing Secretary

ddippset:
What about SS.

There are talks about South South congresses too.

fergie001:
A High Court has barred the SS from holding her Zonal Congress tomorrow.

fergie001:
A High Court has barred the SS from holding her Zonal Congress tomorrow.

Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered SS and PDP to go ahead with their zonal Congress tomorrow

Akpakomiza2:
A federal high court presided by justice Omotosho just okayed it. Courts cannot interfere in party affairs,remember?

vanitybutiwanti:
Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered SS and PDP to go ahead with their zonal Congress tomorrow

fergie001:
The NWC has issued a circular that only SE & NE Congresses will go on tomorrow

Akpakomiza2:
Which nwc? You mean Ologunagba faction? The authentic faction led by Damagum, Anyanwu and Bature have denied it.

fergie001:
The NWC has issued a circular that only SE & NE Congresses will go on tomorrow

vanitybutiwanti:
NWC solely ran by Debo?

Read the response of the SS leaders to so called NWC


21st February 2025

PRESS STATEMENT

PDP South South Zonal Congress Will Proceed as Scheduled; NWC Lacks Authority to Postpone

We have noted a statement from our Party's National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, claiming the South South Zonal Congress in Calabar, Cross River State, on February 22, 2025, has been postponed. While it is his duty to convey party information, it must align with our Party's Constitution.

To clarify, the South South Zonal Congress, which was approved by the zonal executive committee, will take place as scheduled. We urge the public and our delegates to ignore the statement from the National Publicity Secretary. The National Working Committee does not possess the authority to summon zonal Congresses, as specified in Article 27 (2) (c) of the Party's Constitution.

Furthermore, there has been no convening of the National Working Committee to discuss postponing the South South Zonal Congress. The National Vice Chairman for the South South, Chief Dan Osi Orbih, is a member of the NWC, and he has been unaware of the convening of any such meeting. This raises concerns about the motives behind the false claims regarding the postponement of a Congress that the Publicity Secretary cannot Constitutionally summon.

We wish our delegates safe travels to Calabar, as the zonal Congress is set to go ahead as planned.

Arch. Ekom Akonjom
Organizing Secretary, PDP South South Zone

fergie001:
No Problem, they can continue so that at the end they will know whether the Zonal Committee is higher than the NWC.

hatchy:
These are the people who have vowed to kill and bury PDP because of EscoBAT. They continue to create chaos, no matter the efforts put in resolving internal issues in the party.

Posterity will judge Nyesom Wike for all his actions. I know that it will never end well because it has never ended well in such contexts.