{"id":114678,"date":"2024-10-16T19:22:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T18:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=114678"},"modified":"2024-10-16T19:22:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T18:22:48","slug":"pdp-crisis-why-govs-nullified-suspensions-ordered-return-to-status-quo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/pdp-crisis-why-govs-nullified-suspensions-ordered-return-to-status-quo\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP crisis: Why govs nullified suspensions, ordered return to status quo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Governors elected on the\u00a0platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have decisively stepped into the leadership crisis of the party.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nIn clear terms, they nullified the suspension and counter-suspensions issued by feuding factions of the party\u2019s National Working Committee, NWC, last week, and asked the warring acting chairmen to return to status quo until a permanent solution was found to the feud..<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of PDP Governors\u2019 Forum, who is also the governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, announced this at the end of a two-day meeting, yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Trouble started after the Amb. Umar Damagum-led NWC suspended the party\u2019s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba and National Legal Adviser, Kamaldeen Ajibade SAN, for alleged abuse of office and insurbordination.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Ologunagba and Ajibade announced the suspension of Damagum and the party\u2019s National Secretary, Senator Samual Anyanwu, over alleged anti-party activities and their role in the political crisis in Rivers State between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike.<\/p>\n<p>The crisis got to a head when the Ologunagba group announced the party\u2019s National Treasurer, Yayari Mohammed, as Damagum\u2019s replacement.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Chairman of the PDP-GF, Governor Bala Mohammed, while addressing newsmen in Abuja explained that the decision to broker a truce; was reached after the PDP-GF consulted with representatives of the NWC, the party\u2019s National Assembly Caucus, and the Board of Trustees, BoT.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI want to inform you on behalf of the PDP Governors Forum, Chairman of the Senate Caucus, and the representative of the BoT. We had a family meeting, and we wish to reaffirm that there is no faction in the PDP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the suspensions you heard about have been resolved by the Governors, the NWC, the Caucus of the National Assembly, and the BoT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no faction; everything has reverted to the status quo under acting Chairman Damagum, pending the time the governors and other organs of the party will sit down and resolve all the issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no party that does not have problems. Some of them are legal, and we do not want to preempt the outcome of legal procedures.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a question as to whether the October 24 scheduled date for the National Executive Council, NEC, meeting remained sacrosanct, Governor Mohammed said: \u201cThe governors, BoT, and NWC will sit down and discuss the sanctity of the October 24 NEC meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters at the Departure Lounge of the private wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport after the second leg of the meeting, Damagum welcomed the development.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nDamagum said: \u201cThere is no crisis in the party as far as I am concerned but some people want to take advantage of the situation. I urge the press not to escalate things even where there is no crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as I am concerned, the governors are our leaders and critical organs of this party, and when they speak, we must look at it holistically and also abide by it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked for comments about his colleagues, the National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba and National Legal Adviser, Kaamaldeen Ajibade SAN, Damagum said,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave they left? They are still in the party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to get Yayari Mohammed and Ologunagba to speak on the development were yet to bear fruits at press time.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governors elected on the\u00a0platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have decisively stepped into the leadership crisis of the party. 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