Clark Advises PDP To Dissolve Damagum-led NWC

Elder statesman and former minister, Chief Edwin Clark has urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to dissolve the current National Working Committee (NWC) for anti-party activities.
He also urged the party leadership to set up a disciplinary committee to investigate the anti-party activities, particularly the roles played by some members which led to the failure of the PDP in the 2023 elections.

He also said the “inordinate” presidential ambition of former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike, will kill the party.
Clark made these suggestions against the backdrop of the crisis rocking the PDP as its much anticipated National Executive Committee (NEC) holds today.

The elder statesman, who noted that he has resigned from partisan politics, however noted that he Clark
He said, “My sincere advice to the members of the party’s NEC which is composed of notable politicians, is that they should be courageous enough to: Set up a Disciplinary Committee to investigate the anti-party activities, particularly the roles played by some members which led to the failure of the PDP in the 2023 elections;

“To dissolve the existing NWC of the party for their anti-party activities; To appoint an Acting National Chairman in accordance with the Constitution of the party. This was what happened during the tenure of Uche Secondus, who was still in court, when the party appointed another Acting National Chairman;

“The party should immediately revisit the on-line registration of its members as it was initiated by the then National Chairman, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, to save the party from depending on individuals, because as they say, he who pays the piper, dictates the tune.”

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He added that “The inordinate ambition of Their Excellencies Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Barr, Nyesom Wike, to be president of the country, will kill the party. These two seem to prefer to use their personal funds to establish their leadership, not because of their love for the party. PDP wake up! This is a clarion call.”