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BREAKING; PDP announces new Acting National Chairman as crisis escalates

Alhaji Yayari Ahmed Mohammed has been named as the new Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by a faction of the party amid ongoing internal turmoil.

This move follows the suspension of the current acting national chairman, Amb. Illiya Damagum.

Despite a Federal High Court in Abuja issuing a restraining order against the removal of Damagum, which prevents the National Executive Committee (NEC) and Board of Trustees (BoT) from making such changes, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, confirmed Mohammed’s appointment in a statement released on Friday.

The statement reads: “Following the suspension of His Excellency, Amb. Illiya Damagum as the Acting National Chairman of our great Party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the National Working Committee (NWC) has approved the appointment of Alhaji Yayari Ahmed Mohammed as the Acting National Chairman.

“The appointment which takes immediate effect is pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the PDP (as amended in 2017)

“The NWC calls on all Organs, leaders, critical stakeholder and members of our great Party to remain focused at this critical time especially as the NWC commences arrangements towards the holding of the Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting already scheduled for Thursday, 24th October, 2024”.