By Lateef Ibrahim
The North Central Zonal Working and Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has raised alarm over what it described as an unfolding ‘political coup’ within the party.
The zonal committee raised this concerns during an emergency meeting of leaders held in Abuja yesterday, to review the growing tension triggered by the October 31 judgment of Justice Omotosho of the Federal High Court, a ruling that has reignited factional battles within the main opposition party.
The group warned that some desperate elements were plotting to hijack its leadership through unconstitutional means.
The committee reaffirmed its loyalty to the embattled National Chairman, Umar Damagum, insisting that recent moves to remove him were illegal, reckless, and capable of plunging the PDP deeper into crisis.
Reading the communiqué from the meeting, Secretary of the PDP North Central Zone, Francis Orogu, said the zone stood firmly against what it called a deliberate attempt to subvert the party’s constitution and undermine its internal democracy.
The zonal committee condemned in strong terms the purported removal of Damagum by four members of the National Working Committee, (NWC), and the alleged appointment of Alhaji Abdulrahman Mohammed as Acting National Chairman, describing the development as ‘reckless, unconstitutional, and insulting.’
“We the members of the Peoples Democratic Party North Central Zone hereby distance and dissociate ourselves from the purported impeachment or removal of the National Chairman, Amb. Umar Damagum, by a mere four National Working Committee members and the so-called replacement of the same with Hon. Abdulrahman Mohammed,” the communiqué declared.
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