Olabode George, a former deputy national chairman, Olabode George of the Peoples Democratic Party, has insisted that the continued stay in office of the acting national chairman, Ambassador Illiya Umar Damangum, is a gross violation of the PDP Constitution.
In an interview with The Nigerian Tribune on Sunday, October 13, George said the PDP Constitution only allows 90 days for the position of acting national chairman, during which a substantive chairman would step in.
Recall that on Friday, October 11, 2024, the internal crisis rocking the PDP, took a dramatic twist as a faction of the party appointed Alhaji Yayari Ahmed Mohammed as the acting national chairman.
The development came a few hours after the National Working Committee (NWC) suspended Umar Damagum, the acting national chairman, and national secretary, Samuel Anyanwu over alleged disloyalty to the party.
Reacting, George said Damangum should have been relieved of the position long ago if those forces involved in the current power struggle had allowed the relevant sections of PDP Constitution to prevail.
Speaking further, he noted that the controversy trailing Damagum’s tenure was a continuation of the power struggle among the main political gladiators along with their cronies and sypathisers over the presidential ticket of the PDP for the 2023 general election.
George asserted that the partyâs internal seamless process is sufficient enough in determining leadership succession and structure, adding that “the court had no business over the raging controversy.”
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Earlier, TimesNow.com.ng reported that Atiku Abubakar faulted the ruling APC for the internal crisis in PDP and other opposition parties in Nigeria.
The PDP presidential candidate in the 2023 election accused the APC of manipulating the internal process and called on Nigerians to rescue the country’s democracy.
Atiku then called for unity among Nigerians, adding that the Independence Day celebration was worth celebrating.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
