The North-Central Zonal Working and Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sounded the alarm over what it described as an emerging “political coup” within the party.
At an emergency meeting held in Abuja on Tuesday, the zonal leaders expressed concern over growing internal tensions sparked by the October 31 judgment of Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court. The ruling, they said, had reopened factional divisions and emboldened attempts to destabilize the PDP.
The committee warned against moves by certain individuals allegedly plotting to hijack the party’s leadership through unconstitutional means.
Reaffirming their loyalty to the National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum, the North-Central PDP described recent efforts to remove him as “illegal, reckless, and capable of plunging the party into deeper crisis.”
Reading from the communiqué issued after the meeting, the Secretary of the North-Central PDP, Hon. Francis Orogu, said the zone remains firmly opposed to any attempt to subvert the party’s constitution or undermine its internal democracy.
The group condemned the purported removal of Damagum by four members of the National Working Committee (NWC) and the alleged appointment of Alhaji Abdulrahman Mohammed as Acting National Chairman, calling the move “reckless, unconstitutional, and insulting.”
“We, the members of the Peoples Democratic Party, North-Central Zone, hereby distance and dissociate ourselves from the purported impeachment or removal of the National Chairman, Amb. Umar Damagum, by a mere four National Working Committee members and the so-called replacement of the same with Hon. Abdulrahman Mohammed,” the communiqué stated.
The zonal committee called on all party members to remain calm and united, emphasizing that any leadership change must follow due process and the provisions of the PDP constitution.
