The Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum has summoned an emergency meeting of the party’s stakeholders on Monday over the crisis that has split the party.
A source said the stakeholders may consider setting up stakeholders a caretaker committee to conduct a national convention to elect the party’s National Working Committee.
The PDP has since the removal of Iyorchia Ayu as National Chairman, faced series of crisis which last week resulted in its split into two with acting National Chairmen claiming to lead the party.
On Friday, Iliya Umar Damagum’s faction of the NWC, through the party’s National Director of Publicity, Chinwe Nnorom, announced the suspension of National Publicity Secretary Debo Ologunagba and National Legal Adviser Kamaldeen Ajibade (SAN) for alleged insubordination and anti party activities.
Shortly after, a statement signed by Ologunagba indicated that the NWC had suspended Damagum and National Secretary Sen. Samuel Anyanwu for alleged disloyalty to the PDP, appointing National Treasurer Yayari Ahmed Mohammed as the acting National Chairman.
The source, who was in the meeting between the Bauchi Governor and Damagum’s faction of the NWC reported that the chairman of the PDP governors Forum called for calm.
He stated, “Governor Bala Mohammed is worried about the situation. During his meeting with Damagum’s team on Friday. He welcomed them and called for calm. The governor urged them to restore the status quo to keep the NWC unified and allow the NEC to address the issues at its next meeting.
“To tackle these concerns, I understand that the governors have called an emergency meeting for Monday. Some stakeholders are discussing the possibility of appointing a new caretaker committee to manage the party’s affairs and organize an elective national convention in 2025 to usher in new NWC.
“These stakeholders believe that reconciliation efforts will not lead to the current NWC members collaborating for the party’s benefit. However, they are also cautious due to the ongoing litigation surrounding the Damagum and NWC situation. Therefore, the governors will convene to consider all these issues.”
Attempts to reach the Director General of the PDP Governors Forum, Dr. Emmanuel Agbo and the acting National Publicity Secretary of Damagum’s NWC, Ibrahim Abbdullahi for a response were unsuccessful. They did not answer our correspondent’s calls or reply to text messages.
