Alhaji Yayari Ahmed Mohammed, has been appointed as the Acting National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party following the suspension of illiya Damagum by a faction of the party headed by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Olugunagba.
Olugunaba who was earlier suspended by the Damagum group made the announcement in a statement Today.
According to him, Mohammed’s appointment takes effect immediately and is in line with the PDP’s amended constitution from 2017.
The statement read in part “Following the suspension of His Excellency, Ambassador 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,s 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.”
