A faction of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which has been engulfed in crisis has announced Yayari Ahmed Mohammed as the acting National Chairman of the party.
This comes after both factions in the party had suspended the national chairman, Umar Damagum: national secretary, Samuel Anyanwu; national publicity secretary, Debo Ologunagba and national legal adviser, Kamaldeen Ajibade.
The announcement on Friday was made by the faction known as the Integrity Group.
While a faction had suspended Ologunagba and Ajibade, another faction of the National Working Committee (NWC) on Friday morning through a statement from Ologunagba on behalf of the Integrity Group, had also announced the suspension of Damagum and Anyanwu for similar reasons.
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While announcing Mohammed’s appointment, Ologunagba said it takes immediate effect and was in line with the PDP’s amended constitution from 2017.
“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,” Ologunagba said.
“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,” he added.
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