PDP LAWMAKERS WANT DAMAGUN TO RESIGN AS PDP CHAIR 08-04-24
By Sadiq Aminu People’s Democratic Party PDP, House of Representatives Members have demanded for the resignation of the Acting National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Umar Damagum.
At a news conference in Abuja, the Coalition of opposition federal Lawmakers alleged that Alhaji Damagun is planning to handover the Party structure of the Party to the ruling All Progressives Congressives APC.
” The move to use serving APC Members in rivers state and 10 other states to lead our party caretaker at state, local and ward level is the highest act of political provocation and impunity that we are going to fight with everything in us. PDP cant be handed over the APC ”
The Leader of the group, Mr. Ikenga Ogochinyere, threatened that if the request of the group is not granted, the 60 Lawmakers under the group have no option than to seek alliance with other party.
“Where these demands are not met, we the Opposition lawmakers coalition from PDP in the National Assembly will be left with no other options but suspend participating in the party activities and seek new political relationship where decisions in that party will not be taken in the Secretariat of another political party.”
Mr. Ogochinyere also alleged that Plans are ongoing to temper with the original list of care takers in River State and other ten States.
The group said since the PDP Political crisis in Rivers State, the acting PDP national Chairman has not made any effort to resolve it.
Mr Ogochinyere, explained that Nigerians are suffering because the PDP have no direction to play the role of opposition under the leadership of Alhaji Umar Damagum.
He said there is an attempt to kill PDP and make it go into extinction.