Opposition Coalition lawmakers, have raised the alarm over alleged plot by some governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to keep the acting national chairman, Umar Damagum in office till 2027 to weaken the party.
The group stated this on Sunday evening during a live world press conference in Akokwa, Imo state.
According to the group’s spokesperson, Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, the above mentioned have planted 24 PDP state chairmen that will endorse President Tinubu before 2027, keep Damagum in office till after election.
Describing them as impostors, he vowed that their plan won’t work as structures are being put in place to ensure it doesn’t happen.
“Today our nation is facing different challenges both economic, political. But there’s something that’s missing in all these problems and that’s a vibrant and responsive and responsible opposition.
Today we have a political party People Democratic Party, PDP that’s supposed to lead the opposition, but what do you have but we have political charlatans hijacking the heartbeat of the opposition party. And turning it to an errand platform for the ruling party.
“Some of you called me yesterday when the meeting the Governors had in Jos and said it’s all over for PDP. It’s very shameful that a party that was founded in 1998 by the great efforts of our founding fathers. The likes of Alex Ekwueme, Jerry Gana, Atiku Abubakar, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and so many others came together and ended 16 yrs of military rule.”
He alleged that Damagum and the national secretary of PDP, Samuel Anyanwu, are forgetting the sacred expectation of Nigerian people.
“Today I want to inform the whole Nigeria that they have perfected a plan to ensure that the NEC meeting to choose a chairman from North Central where the position is originally supposed to come from is not possible.”
He added that the plan is to have Damagum “to continue to parade as the National Chairman and stay in office till 2027 so they can foist on us a weakling that will be presidential candidate.”
“We have impostors among us, who has no honour and decency. They have decided to see the political party. The ruling party will be laughing at them now that they want to sabotage their own party.
“First they said there was Sallah holiday and they shifted it, since last year they kept on shifting the NEC meeting. Till now no NEC meeting they keep on giving different excuses. The national leaders of PDP are frolicking with APC leaders, going to London having meetings with APC leadership.
“If the founding fathers of this party are still alive and are seeing what I’m seeing they will be crying. I will mention the names of these PDP governors frolicking with APC. They think that by being a weakling some them will be allowed to control their state,” he said.
