PDP Leaders, Not Tinubu or APC, Responsible for Party Crisis – Damagun Alleges

By Awwal Umar  The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Umar Damagum, has alleged that some of the party’s leaders...

By Awwal Umar 

The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Umar Damagum, has alleged that some of the party’s leaders including members of the Board of Trustees, BoT, are behind the complicity in the ongoing crisis plaguing the party’s National Working Committee, NWC.

Damagun, who made the allegation, warned party leaders against actions capable of undermining the forthcoming zonal congresses.

“I want to say this with the highest sense of responsibility, part of this crisis that you see today within the NWC, is propelled by our leaders who are supposed to unite us.

“And as the conscience of this party, some of us are also complicit. We should look inwards, and search our conscience. This party is dear to all of us, it is the only thing we have.

 “It’s very unfortunate, I would say it the way it is, where people are called, we all know the working of NWC, some of you here have been NWC members. Let's call a spade by its name. Not Tinubu or any APC are behind PDP crisis, rather, some leaders of the party including NWC, BOT members are complicit. And it's all about desperation to position themselves or their candidate for 2027 presidential or governorship tickets.

“I’ll be sitting down at the chairman only to see my members called by certain leaders to visit certain places, without my knowledge,” Damagum said.

He pointed out that despite the party’s challenges, it remains the only hope of Nigerians.

While speaking of plans for the forthcoming National Executive Committee meeting which has been postponed a record three times already, the party Chairman said, from the last meeting they had with the governors, they all agreed to have the NEC.

Speaking earlier, Chairman of the BoT, Adolphus Wabara, expressed disappointment over the crises currently bedevilling the leadership of the National Working Committee, NWC.

He said it was imperative that the NWC rises above personal interests and places the survival and progress of the party above all other considerations.

Wabara emphasized the urgent need for a National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting, urging the NWC to honour its words and convene the NEC meeting as scheduled in February 2025.

“The NEC meeting will serve as a platform to reaffirm our shared commitment to the unity, discipline, and ideals that bind us together as members of the PDP.

“As we prepare to conduct our Zonal Congresses, may I remind us all of the critical importance of electing credible leaders at every level of our party’s structure,” he said.