PDP Crisis: ‘Only God Gives Power’

On Thursday, however, the PDP NEC failed to comment on the alleged anti-party issues and retained the party’s former Vice Chairman (North), Umar Damagum, as the party’s acting national chairman until its next NEC meeting.

Ahead of the two meetings, some top chieftains of the party, including former PDP governorship candidate in Kogi State, Senator Dino Melaye, had boasted that every top chieftain of the party accused of anti-party activities would get serious sanctions from the party’s NEC on Thursday.

He disclosed this in an interview with Punch on Friday, reacting to the resolutions reached at Thursday’s party’s NEC meeting and its North Central Zone leadership meeting held on Wednesday night.

It is well with you, Sir.” Meanwhile, the party’s Deputy National Chairman (South), Taofeek Arapaja, has addressed the growing calls for the suspension of former Rivers State governor and current Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesome Wike and other members of the defunct G5 governors within the PDP over alleged anti-party activities.

The former vice president, who had contested six different times to become Nigeria’s president, but failed, said,“There is God.

This statement was made in the context of recent disputes arising from the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) 98th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting..

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