The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced Iliya Umar Damagum as the acting national chairman of the party.
Damagum was the national deputy chairman of the party (north) before his new appointment.
The announcement was made by the spokesperson of the party, Debo Ologunagba on Tuesday March 28 at a press conference in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
The new appointment came following the court order restraining Ayu from parading himself as the number one citizen of the main opposition party.
The Informant247 earlier reported that the Benue State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended the national chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu over alleged anti-party activities.
The suspension letter dated March 24, 2023 was signed by 12 executive members of Igyorov ward of Gboko LGA, Benue state.
The letter stated that the national chairman did not work for the success of the party in Igyorov ward in the 2023 general election.
The party also accused the chairman of not casting his vote during the March 18 governorship and state assembly elections.
A Benue State High Court led by Justice W. I Kpochi, restrained the national chairman “from parading himself as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) having lost membership of the party, pending the hearing and determination of Motion on Notice already filed.”
Ayu has said the executive committee of his ward does not have the power to suspend him from the party.
He on Monday March 27 said those who suspended him were ignorant of the laws of the party and illiterates.
He made this revelation in a statement released by his media aide, Simon Imobo-Tswam.
He said some of the ward executive committee members were being monitored and coersed by those he referred to as political gamblers “to cause mischief and nothing more”.
He condemned the suspension and said the resolution was written by “illiterates” and that some others were forced to sign the resolution.
The national chairman of the party said only the PDP National Executive Committee (NEC) can suspend him.
Details shortly…