Governors elected under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held a crucial meeting on Tuesday night to discuss the seemingly unending crisis rocking the party.
The continued stay of the acting national chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum, was a major issue in the meeting.
The governors also discussed the upcoming National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting which a Zamafara High Court refused to grant an exparte order for it to hold on Wednesday. If the suit instituted at the instigation of the PDP Governors Forum had gone the way of the governors, the future of Damagum and address other pressing issues would have been decided on.
Frontline News Online has reported that the Federal High Court sitting in Gusau, the capital of Zamfara State on Tuesday, declined the request for an exparte order sought by a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to allow for the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Party earlier scheduled to hold on Thursday, October 24, to be conducted.
Frontline News Online also reported that the PDP Governors’ Forum chaired by Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, was seeking an exparte order to ensure the NEC meeting holds to give the forum an upper hand in the battle for the soul of the main opposition party.
Court documents made available to Frontline News Online indicated that the request for an exparte order was filed at about 8.30am on Tuesday, October 22, 2024 by one Imam Auwal, a member of PDP in Gusau.
The PDP Governors’ Forum wanted to ignore the Order of a Federal High Court in Abuja barring the party from removing its Acting National chairman, Amb. Umar Damagum.
Ruling on the motion for the exparte order on Tuesday, Justice Salim Ibrahim, declined granting the order and adjourned the case till Friday, October 25, 2024.
Governors at the Tuesday’s meeting included Bala Mohammed (Bauchi), Siminalayi Fubara (Rivers), Dauda Lawal (Zamfara), Caleb Mutfwang (Plateau), and Ademola Adeleke (Osun).
Other key stakeholders present were Damagum, former Senate President and PDP Board of Trustees Chairman Adolphus Wabara, National Secretary Samuel Anyanwu, National Treasurer Ahmed Yayari Muhammed, and party spokesman Debo Ologunagba, among others.
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