A member of the Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eme Okoro, and a former Commissioner for Housing in Abia State, James Okpara, have insisted that former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara, remains the recognised chairman of the party’s BoT.
Naija News reports that Okoro, while speaking with journalists regarding the reports of Wabara’s removal, said those who disagree with the majority opinion in PDP should seek alternative platforms rather than remaining to destroy the party that made them.
He rejected the appointment of former Senator representing Abia North, Mao Ohuabunwa, as the new chairman of the PDP BoT.
The former Secretary to the Abia State Government, who decried what he described as impunity and disregard for the PDP constitution, said it was illegal to hold a purported inauguration of a new BoT chairman in the private residence of a party member.
Okoro further dismissed the alleged replacement of Umar Damagun, faulting the role of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, in the crisis rocking the party.
Similarly, Okpara has declared that the removal of Adolphus Wabara as PDP BoT Chairman cannot stand and also rejected the removal of Umar Damagum as National Chairman of PDP.
He also criticised those opposing the forthcoming national convention of the party, describing their actions as unpatriotic, illegal, and detrimental to its survival.
He added, “The national convention is the soul of our party. It is the platform where decisions that shape our political direction are made. Any person who claims to love the PDP but is secretly or openly working to stop the convention does not wish the party well.”
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