A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has
appointed Yayari Mohammed as the party’s acting national chair.
The development follows the suspension of Kamaldeen Ajibade,
PDP’s national legal adviser, and Debo Ologunagba, national spokesperson of the
party, on Friday.
The duo were suspended by the national working committee
(NWC) led by Umar Damagum, acting national chair of the PDP, for alleged
anti-party activities.
In a statement signed by Ologunagba, a faction of the NWC
announced the suspension of Damagum and Sam Anyanwu, national secretary of the
PDP, citing anti-party activities.
Ologunagba, while speaking for the group, said Mohammed’s
appointment is in line with the PDP’s amended constitution of 2017 and takes
immediate effect.
“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 statement reads.
“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 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.”
Meanwhile, a federal high court in Abuja has restrained the
NEC and BoT of the PDP from removing Damagum as the acting national chair.
In a judgment delivered via Zoom on Friday, Peter Lifu, the
presiding judge, ordered that aside Damagum, no other person must be recognised
as the PDP acting national chair until the party’s convention scheduled for
December 2025.
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