Isaac Fayose – a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party and brother to former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose has declared himself the new national chairman of the party, amid crisis rocking the party.
Isaac, who made the declaration in a statement Today, announced the suspension of some chieftains of the party, which include; former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike and others.
He said, “It’s official, now I’m the new national Chairman of the PDP. The current [Acting] National Chairman, Mr Damagum, has been suspended and I’ve asked the security at Wadata House to keep the key with the Secretariat.
“If you’re not happy, please, we don’t want you to come to the secretariat to make trouble. You can go to court. And the NWC, some of you have been suspended, drop all the PDP stuff with you at the security at Wandata. The former G5 has been suspended. Wike has been suspended.
“Fayose has been suspended. Governor Seyi Makinde has been suspended. All the people doing anti-party have been suspended. Atiku too has been suspended because his ambition is giving us headache.