The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has set up a committee to resolve the current crisis engulfing the party over the position of the National Secretary of the main opposition Party in Nigeria.
Both Samuel Anyanwu and Udeh Okoye are claiming to be the rightful occupants of the position of the national secretary of the party and have instituted cases before the courts.
The crisis took another dimension when supporters of both men clashed at the PDP secretariat on Wednesday during the party’s BoT meeting.
The PDP BoT chairman, Adulphus Wabara, in a communique after the meeting, announced that the committee will be led by Barr Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN.
According to Wabara, the committee is to interface with the parties, study the situation and report to the Board for further action.
He noted that the Acting Chairman of the party, Umar Damagum, assured the BoT that the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting will hold as scheduled in scheduled in February 2025 “to address all pertinent issues and reaffirm our shared commitment to the unity, discipline, and ideals that bind us together as members of the PDP.”
The BoT meeting was presided over by the chairman, Adolphus Wabara, and it was attended by other prominent members including the acting national chairman of the party, Umar Damagun; ex-Niger governor, Babangida Aliyu; ex-Kaduna governor, Ahmed Markafi; and ex-Jigawa governor, Sule Lamido.
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