PDP governors oppose Damagum’s suspension, ask Ologunagba to return
By Jeffrey Agbo
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic (PDP) said they have nullified the suspension of the party’s acting National Chairman, Illiya Damagum.
Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi, disclosed this on Tuesday morning while flanked by Damagum and other PDP stakeholders.
He said the governors have also nullified the suspension of the National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba and National Legal Adviser, Kamaldeen Ajibade.
Damagum-led National Working Committee (NWC) earlier suspended Messrs Ologunagba and Ajibade for alleged anti-party activities.
In turn, a faction of the party announced through Ologunagba that Damagum had been suspended and replaced by Yayari Mohammed.
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In a statement issued on Sunday, Mohammed said the NWC of the party appointed him to “rekindle the hope and aspirations” of party members.
He said the PDP has not been a virile opposition due to “conflict of interests, personal or political,” by some leaders in the NWC.
He said these personal interests have been elevated above the party’s agenda and continues to affect its ability to perform effectively at the national level.
“This state of affairs continues to affect the performance and viability of our Party to perform its role as expected as a platform which Nigerians have come to admire and look up to in view of the robust Constitution of the PDP (as amended in 2017) and the monumental achievements of the Party in the sixteen years in government, which period is referred to with nostalgia as the golden years of governance in Nigeria.
“The National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP, desirous of revamping the Party in line with the vision of its founding fathers, on Thursday, October 10, 2024 appointed me as the Acting National Chairman to lead the charge to rekindle the hope and aspiration of our teeming members especially the youths, critical stakeholders and generality of Nigerians who wish to see a political Party that is ready and willing to play the role of effective opposition in the quest to develop our democracy and seek for responsible and responsive government in our country.
“Only this will guarantee and engender loyalty and commitment of our teeming members,” he said.