PDP Crisis: Govs Cancel Suspensions, Reinstate Status Quo

The PDP governors canceled the suspensions and counter suspensions by party members last week.

The Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, who is also the Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, announced this yesterday after a two-day meeting.

The trouble started when the Amb Umar Damagum-led NWC suspended the party’s NPS, Hon Debo Ologunagba, and National Legal Adviser, Kamaldeen Ajibade SAN, for not doing their jobs properly and not obeying orders.

Ologunagba and Ajibade took action and suspended Damagum and the party’s National Secretary, Sen Samual Anyanwu in response.

The crisis reached its peak when the Ologunagba group announced Yayari Mohammed as Damagum’s replacement.

But the Chairman of the PDP-GF, Governor Bala Mohammed, told reporters in Abuja that they decided to make peace.

He said, “I 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.

“All the suspensions you heard about have been resolved by the Governors, the NWC, the Caucus of the National Assembly, and the BoT.

“There 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.

“There 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.

“So, whatever speculations and perceptions have gone out are wrong. Both parties have agreed that, in the interest of the party and Nigeria, we should return to the status quo during the suspension and counter-suspension.

“These suspensions have been lifted; there are no more suspensions. That is the resolution of the PDP Governors’ Forum.

“To members of the party, they should remember that it is the PDP we have, and it is the most experienced party that has produced government and good governance since 1999.

“We should make sacrifices and come together. Yes, we may have ill feelings here and there, but we should bury them.

“Our personal feelings should not be allowed to create perceptions that seem to divide us.”

When asked if the October 24th NEC meeting date was still firm, Governor Mohammed replied that the governors, BoT, and NWC will talk about it.

Also, speaking to reporters after the second part of the meeting at the Departure Lounge of the private wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, the Acting National Chairman of the PDP, Amb Umar Damagum, said he was happy about it.

Damagum said, “There 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.

“As 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.”

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