The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Deputy National Chairman, (North), Umar Damagum, has taken over as the acting National Chairman of the opposition party.
The PDP Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, was restrained by a Benue High Court from parading himself as chairman, on Monday, following his suspension by his ward as a member of the party.
ANN reported that the Benue PDP Ward Executive Committee suspended Ayu for alleged anti-party activities and for failing to pay his membership dues.
Following Ayu’s suspension, a party member from Benue Terhide Utaan, before Justice W. I Kpochi of the State High Court, obtained the order stopping Ayu from parading himself as the national chairman of the party.
He argued that it was wrong for Ayu to continue as the PDP chair, insisting that such a move would further cause chaos.
Recall also that in the build-up to the 2023 general elections, Ayu faced calls to leave his position as the party’s chairman.
A group of governors in the party called G5, led by Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, repeatedly demanded his resignation from the position.
The G5 argued that since the party’s presidential candidate for the election, Atiku Abubakar, is from northern Nigeria, Ayu, who is from the same region, should pave the way for a southerner to assume the office.
