Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, spokesperson for the coalition of opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives, has criticized a court order preventing the removal of Umar Damagun as Acting National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The order, issued by the Federal High Court, restrained the National Executive Committee (NEC) and the Board of Trustees…
Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, spokesperson for the coalition of opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives, has criticized a court order preventing the removal of Umar Damagun as Acting National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The order, issued by the Federal High Court, restrained the National Executive Committee (NEC) and the Board of Trustees…
As the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party persists, a senior party member was quoted as saying that the PDP Governors Forum has called for an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss various concerns regarding the party’s future. The source also revealed that PDP stakeholders were considering the establishment of a caretaker committee to guide…
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, which relates to issues in Rivers State has factionalised the party’s National Working Committee. Since taking over after Senator Iyorchia Ayu was removed by a court, the party’s factional acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, had faced mounting criticism within the party, leading to calls for his resignation. The…
Isaac Fayose, brother to former Ekiti State governor Ayo Fayose, has declared himself the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This announcement comes amidst a fresh crisis within the party, which has produced two factions. Isaac Fayose also announced the suspension of several prominent party members, including the PDP’s 2023 presidential candidate…
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has appointed Alhaji Yayari Ahmed Mohammed as its new Acting National Chairman amid the ongoing crisis in the party. This decision comes after the faction suspended acting national chairman, Amb. Illiya Damagum. The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday restrained the National Executive Committee (NEC) and…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the National Executive Committee (NEC) and Board of Trustees (BoT) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from removing Umar Damagum as the Acting National Chairman of the party. Justice Peter Lifu ordered that no person other than Damagum should be recognised as PDP national chairman until the…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has suspended Debo Ologunagba, the party’s national publicity secretary, and Kamaldeen Ajibade, the national legal adviser following misconduct allegations against them. A statement signed by the PDP National Director of Publicity, Chinwe Nnorom also noted that the PDP national working committee has directed that the suspended…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP has extensively considered the series of complaints raised against the Acting National Chairman, Amb. Illiya Damagum and National Secretary, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu particularly with regard to the letter addressed by them to the Court of Appeal in Appeal No:CA/PH/307/2024 against the Party’s position in the case involving…
Imo state government has raised the alarm over an alleged plot by the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to instigate violence in the state on account of the just concluded local government election. The state Commissioner for Information, Public Orientation and Strategy, Hon Declan Mbadiwe disclosed that credible information at its behest indicated that PDP…
