The opposition lawmakers in the National Assembly are warning about an alleged scheme by certain PDP governors and the party’s National Working Committee to extend Umar Damagun’s tenure as acting Chairman until 2027, aiming to undermine the party, SAVANNAH NEWSNOW REPORTS.
According to Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, the group’s spokesperson, these individuals have positioned 24 PDP state chairmen to support President Tinubu before 2027 and ensure Damagun remains in office beyond the general elections.
“Today our nation is facing different challenges both economic, politically. 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 during the meeting the Governors had in Jos and said it’s all over for the 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 years of military rule. That political party is what these guys are playing akara with. It’s what imposters called Umar Damagum and Samuel Anyanwu are now messing up with and 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. They want Umar Damagum, an impostor of the highest order 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 have no honour and decency.”
