By Austin Ogwuda
….as Bode George expresses fear if thugs won’t disrupt it
Worried by the lingering internal crisis heightened by the ongoing leadership tussle over the National Secretary seat, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum met in Asaba, Friday, calling on the National Working Committee of the Party (NWC) to reschedule National Executive Committee (NEC) to the 13th of March 2025.
However whilst the governors were making the call in Asaba, the outspoken former Deputy National Chairman of the Party, Chief Olabode George, was at the same time addressing a press conference in Lagos where he was lamenting the Wednesday’s invasion of its party national secretariat.
Chief George said “It is sacrilegious that thugs were hired to enter the premises to unleash mayhem, disrupting the 79th Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting. If that could happen, then what do you think those who sponsored the thugs will do during National Working Committee (NWC) and National Executive Committee (NEC) meetings”, he expressed fears.
The PDP Governors’ Forum on their part, rising from meeting in Asaba, Delta State capital, Nigeria, threw its weight behind the Court of Appeal verdict on the matter, noting that there was an urgent need to hold the proposed March 13 meeting.
This was contained in a communique issued at the end of the Asaba meeting.
It reads in part:
“The Forum noted with delight the ongoing efforts at resolving the crisis in the National Working Committee, NWC, on the position of the National Secretary, and has reaffirmed its support for the Court of Appeal judgment; consequently, the Forum advised the NWC to set up the machinery for the effective implementation of the court judgment.
“The Forum having examined all the notices required by law to be given to validly convoke NEC advised NWC to reschedule NEC to the thirteenth (13th) of March 2025”.
In attendance were Senator Bala Mohammed (Bauchi) – Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum; Sir Siminalayi Fubara (Rivers) Vice Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum; Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori ( Host Governor, Delta); Pastor Umo Eno (Akwa Ibom); Rt. Hon. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri (Adamawa); Sen. Diri Douye (Bayelsa); Dr. Peter Mbah (Enugu); Sen. Ademola Adeleke (Osun); Barr. Caleb Mutfwang (Plateau); Dr. Agbu Kefas (Taraba State); Dr. Dauda Lawal (Zamfara) and Bayo Lawal (Oyo) – Deputy Governor and Acting National Chairman of the party, Umar Damagun
