It was another confusing episode, Tuesday, at the National Secretariat of the People’s Democratic Party with the emergence of two Acting National Chairmen of the Party after Prince Uche Secondus was removed as Chairman following a Rivers State High Court Court order on Monday.
The two Deputy National Chairmen of the party- Deputy National Chairman
(South), Elder Yemi Akinwonmi and Deputy National Chairman (North), Senator Suleiman Nazif – in separate announcements on Tuesday, claimed to be the party’s acting National
Chairman.
In a statement released Tuesday, August 24, Akinwonmi, Tuesday, announced his assumption of office as Secondus’ replacement pending the outcome of the Court proceedings.
“Section 45(2) (6) of the constitution of the People’s
Democratic Party empowers me to summon and preside over party meetings in the absence of the national chairman.
“Our attention was drawn yesterday evening to a court order which purports to restrain our National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus from summoning and presiding over the meetings of the organs of the party.
“In the foregoing circumstances, as Deputy National Chairman (South) ofthe Peoples Democratic Party, after the consultations and in exercise of the aforesaid powers, hereby deem it fit and proper to postpone the National Working Committee meeting
earlier scheduled for today until further notice to allow for broader consultations in the overall interest of our party.
While Akinwonmi, assumed office on the one hand, Nazif, on the other hand, pronounced himself as the Chairman and summoned a meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC) at the NWC hall at the party secretariat.Nazif pronounced himself the National Chairman.
Nazif disclosed that Akinwonmi has not been attending NWC meetings and other party functions in the last nine to 10 months, owing to stroke-relayed ailments.
Nazif said: “On this note, distinguished NWC
members, I hereby take full charge of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as
Chairman in an acting capacity’.
Nazif said: “We have waited this morning for the Deputy National Chairman (South) who has been incapacitated, who has not been attending NWC meeting in the last nine months and I believe there was a communication between the Deputy National Chairmen (south).”
“Like you know in the absence of the Deputy Chairman South, I take full charge, so I am hereby caling for an emergency NEC meeting on the 27th August, 2021, 10 am prompt to deliberate on matters
affecting the party.
“And I believe all the leaders of this party, the owners of this party, that will be in attendance are our governors, former presiding officers will be part of the NEC meeting to deliberate all pending issues”
The leadership crisis rocking the Party which many thought was over, took a dramatic twist on Monday, August 23, when a a Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt court issued an order restraining the substantive National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, from parading himself as PDP National Chairman and taking part in any activity of the party while the order lasts.
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