Governors elected on the platform of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rose from their meeting in Gusau, Zamfara State Capital on Saturday, insisting that they are committed to the November 15th and 16th elective National Convention slated for Ibadan, Oyo State.
The governors’ position is coming amidst statement credited to the former Governor of Rivers State and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike that he is not aware of the convention and did not recognize the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, where the decision for the convention was made.
The minister has vowed that there will not be peace in the party, except the the South-South Congress conducted by his allies that produced Dan Orbih and rejected by the NWC is recognized.
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But the governors who declared their support for the Ambassador Umar Damagum-led leadership of the party, said they are committed to the resolutions of the 101st NEC meeting of July 2025 regarding the National Convention.
The communique read to journalists by Governor Bala Mohammed, the Chairman of the Forum said, “The Forum reaffirms its full commitment to the resolutions of the 101st National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of July 2025 regarding the November 15 National Convention.
“It urges members to resist all attempts to derail the convention by anti-party forces; but to see the PDP as the only democratic institution and viable alternative for restoring Nigeria along the path of good governance and national development.”
The governors also expressed their profound gratitude to members and supporters of the PDP for their loyalty “in the face of serious intimidation and untold anti-democratic actions of the APC-led Federal Government in the last by-election.”
The Forum commended the resilience of PDP leaders and members in overcoming “orchestrated defections, stressing that such distractions cannot diminish the party’s strong grassroots appeal or the growing public yearning for the return of affordable living and relative security experienced under PDP-led administrations.”
It urged members and supporters of the party and Nigerians to hold fast to the vision and principles of the PDP, in spite of the growing intimidation of the opposition by the government in power, saying “This sad situation should only be seen as the sign of the desperation of a political party with no agenda, no vision and doomed to face inevitable rejection by the masses.”
On the August 9, by-election, the PDP governors condemned “the over-militarization of the last Saturday’s bye elections characterized by wide spread irregularities, vote buying and violence and call on Nigerians to be more circumspect in protecting their votes.”
On the insecurity in the country, the Forum, commended the initiatives of the Zamfara State Government in “significantly curbing insecurity within the state; but condemns the continued monstrous killings in Katsina, Plateau, Niger and Benue States and other parts of the country and calls on the federal government to be more responsive to the lives and properties of the citizenry.”